ANST - Wedding Customs

[Ld Agnarr Thorvaldson]

The "Courtship or Love Spoon" is a very period Item.  They are if my memory serves
me right as being attributed to the northern portions of the England, they might
even be a acrry over from a the bell-beaker people (ie early celts). I will have to
check in by references on thhis to be certian. but I remember doing some research
on these when I made one as a gift for my Lady-love when I proposed to her 6 years
ago.  She really liked it and was very hurt when it broke when we moved a couple of
years ago.  I do remember that the sponn was cerved and presented to the lads
betrothed as a sign of his love and commitment to the lady.  and the story goes
that the spoon was hung on the couples wall to give them happyness, and also it was
to act as a barrier against the spirits of hunger.
Hope this helps
Ld Agnarr Thorvaldson


clward at mmm.com wrote:

> Alastair asked about wedding customs.
>
> The spoon custom is a matter of the bridegroom carving an ornate spoon, where
> the different sections and patterns mean different things.  I've seen these
> "courship spoons" and they're still being made -- but I can't recall which
> culture.  I also think the custom is post 1600, though I might be mistaken.
>
> However, in period people did demonstrably carve love tokens for their
> betrothed, I know that the Vikings often carved amber pigs, the Poles and
> Lithuanians did similar love tokens in amber.
>
> Luckily, there are several good websites dealing with Medieval Wedding customs:
>
> Medieval Weddings
> http://paul.spu.edu/~kst/bib/bib.html
>
> The Medieval Wedding FAQ
> http://paul.spu.edu/~kst/bib/intro.txt
>
> Medieval and Renaissance Wedding Feasts
> http://www.district125.k12.il.us/Renaissance/Town/Food/WeddingFeast.html
>
> A Reconstructed Elizabethan Wedding
> http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/weddings-e-art.html
>
> Florilegium Period and SCA Weddings
> http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/weddings-msg.html
>
> A Reconstructed Viking Wedding
> http://www.realtime.net/~gunnora/wedding.htm
>
> This should get you started.  Further info can be found by going to any web
> browser and searching for +"medieval wedding"
>
> ::GUNNORA::
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