MARRIAGE BY GLOVE
Some time ago the Dutch Government passed legislation abolishing one of Holland s strange wedding customs. \ states an exchange. For centuries an j absent Dutchman could be legally j married in Holland, even if he lived | on the .illier side of the world, so I long as he sent his fiancee’s parents j r.-sented the bridegroom at the wed- , ding ceremony, and marriai-e to a love was as binding as if the man was I |.:-e>ep;. Gto\«* marriage assisted Dutchmen hi d.-‘.111 1 cob,m:.-s win. were unable pens. choice.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20738, 23 February 1939, Page 4
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92MARRIAGE BY GLOVE Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20738, 23 February 1939, Page 4
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