 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 782 pages
...Dumfries-mire, thus defcribed by the Rev. MrW. Brown in his Statistical Account oi that parilh : " At that fair it was the cuftom for the unmarried perfons of both fexes, to choofe a companion with whom they were to live till that time next year. If they were p'.eafed with each other at that... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 376 pages
...entirely laid aside. At that lair it was tho custom of the unmarried persons of both sexes to chuse a companion according to their liking, with whom they...to live till that time next year. This was called Hand-fasting, or Hund-in-fist. If they were pleased with each other at. that time, then they continued... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...now entirely laid aside. At that fair it was the custom for unmarried persons of both sexes to choose a companion, according to their liking, with whom...to live till that time next year. This was called "hand-fasting," or hand in fist. If they were pleased with each other at that time, then they continued... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...now entirely laid aside. At that fair it was the custom for unmarked persons of both sexes to choose a companion, according to their liking, with whom they were to live till that lime next year. This was called " hand-fasting," or hand in fist. If they were pleased with each other... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1837 - 1032 pages
...White and Black Esks. At that (air, it was the custom for unmarried persons of both sexes to choose a companion according to their liking, with whom they...to live till that time next year : this was called kaad-fasling. If they were pleased with each other at that time, they continued together for life ;... | |
 | 1838 - 530 pages
...White and Black Esks. At that fair, it was the custom for unmarried persons of both sexes to choose a companion according to their liking, with whom they...to live till that time next year : this was called hand-fasting. If they were pleased with each other at that time, they continued together for life ;... | |
 | Scotland - 1845 - 1288 pages
...Statistical Account : " At that fair, it was the custom for unmarried persons of both sexes to choose a companion according to their liking, with whom they...to live till that time next year. This was called hand-fasting, or hand in fist. If they were pleased with each other at that time, then they continued... | |
 | Book - Marriage customs and rites - 1846 - 156 pages
...now entirely laid aside. At that fair it was the custom for unmarried persons of both sexes to choose a companion, according to their liking, with whom...to live till that time next year. This was called ' hand-fasting,' or hand-in-fist. If they were pleased with each other at that time, then they continued... | |
 | Brand - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 544 pages
...laid aside, says: "At that fair it was the custom for the unmarried persons of both sexes to choose a companion according to their liking, with whom they...to live till that time next year. This was called hand-fasting, or hand in fist. If they were pleased with each other at that time, then they continued... | |
 | Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham - Castles - 1883 - 328 pages
...annual fair, and " at that fair it was the custom for the unmarried persons of both sexes to choose a companion according to their liking, with whom they...to live till that time next year. This was called hand* "Popular Antiquities." Brand t Ellis. Vol. ii., p. 20. the saide fair lady publictlie, at Sanct... | |
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At that fair it was the custom for unmarried persons of both sexes to choose a companion, according to their liking, with whom they were to live till that time next year. This was called "hand-fasting," or hand in fist. If they were pleased with each... 
