1. In olden times the bride wore a robe with a hoop in it at a wedding.
2. The ladies drove to the wedding in a coach, and the men rode on horse-back. This group of men was called the "drag". On returning from the wedding the drag had a race. the man who won the race was the first to dance with the bride. After a group of men held a rope before the "drag" and would not let him pass until they received enough money to buy a barrel of porter.
3. The night of the wedding was accompanied with much merry-