Local marriage customs. Marriages take place most frequently on Shrove Tuesday and Easter Monday. May is counted a very unlucky month to get married in. It is said that if you get married on Saturday you will have no luck at all. Matches are made in our district and money is given as a dowry. Nobody in our district remembers of marriages taking place in the
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