A CURIOUS MARRIAGE OUSTOM.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2473, 10 December 1886, Page 2

A CURIOUS MARRIAGE OUSTOM.

A singular marriage-custom prevails amongst the French Oanadia'n'jat Ootid* Beaupro, north .of Queb'eo; After th«' morning numage-servicd in the church, the bridal party, in ca|oohe or carriole, make a tour of callß upon, relative!' vai friends during the day, and then Return again to ohurch for msm> Bofore,|i, evening danoo at the brides new.hipf comes iho supper. When the company rise from the table the bride keeps her Beat, and some onoaska with great dignity " Why does niadame wait ? Is ahi'so soon in bad grace ?" She replies,''" Somebodr has stoleu my slipper; 1 caVtfwaik. •Then they oarry her, chair and -! lll into the middle of the rdoiti.while albudknock> ing announces a grotesque ragged:ivender, of boots and shoes. He kneoli before the* • alipperless brido and trie's on-hi long;* sucoeHßionof boots and..shoes.of-every variety and size until at laßt he finds he? musing shoo. The groom redeemi 1 it for a good price, which is spent in treatioe the company. If-the groom is'hoCwatohfu'l, they steal her cloak, whioii he redeems in the same way; anJ' they have been known to stoal the; bride, for whom there must be liberal'pay ; ' Ths Church forbids round dances, so, they content themselves with coantry-d&nceß. The event of the evening is a jig, in which a guest volunteers to outdance ths bride. If successful, the victor demands a price from the groom,