{"product_id":"9780747808190","title":"Discovering the Folklore and Traditions of Marriage","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDiscovering the Folklore and Traditions of Marriage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): George Monger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wedding is a ceremony that is surrounded by tradition and folklore, but why do we do what we do, and what lies behind the customs of marriage? What color should a wedding dress be? What is the origin of the wedding cake? Why do we throw confetti? What is so special about Gretna Green? What is so lucky about a shoe? Why a wedding breakfast, and is the pre-nuptial contract a new idea? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Britain today the celebration of a marriage in the 'traditional' manner is a mixture of something old, something new and something borrowed from other traditions. It is bound up with church and secular legislation, and with custom and superstition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscovering the Folklore and Traditions of Marriage looks at the ways that marriages are celebrated in multicultural Britain - and how these traditions are similar to or different from those around the world - and how the practices of the past are observed, and sometimes altered, for contemporary times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780747808190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Shire Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40595572555982,"sku":"9780747808190","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780747808190","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}