Every year on .Tunc 7. at Mouren. Brittany, the eligible girls hold a marriage market to which all bachelors are invited. The young man, dressed in their best clothes, await the arrival of the girls in the public square after High Mass. Each girl then selects the bachelor of her choice and invites him to luncheon. The cost, of this meal down to the wines and cigars is met by the girls. After lunch the young men take the girls for a walk in the woods, where they are. expected to propose, and at. night a country dance is held, where engagement*, made that day are announced.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20284, 28 August 1937, Page 25 (Supplement)
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107Page 25 Advertisements Column 3 Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20284, 28 August 1937, Page 25 (Supplement)
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