Blackening: A really dirty wedding tradition

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Hen and stag dos can be pretty riotous but a tradition called The Blackening goes even further.

They have cable ties ready to restrict his movement once they catch him.From the farm they take molasses, a base covering to which everything else sticks, and brewer's barley."Everyone is used to cow dung and molasses but not the fishing side of stuff," says Keith."It's supposed to be about things you are not used to.

Despite its current mucky form, it began as a cleansing ritual, preparing a woman for marriage, Dr Young said. It was very similar to today's blackening but the name came from an earlier ritual that did involve washing feet, after blackening them with soot from the chimney. In the past, weddings among the farming communities of rural Scotland were mainly in the winter but greater mechanisation and affluence saw more people getting time to marry in summer.Over time it saw people trying to run away and when they were captured they were covered in as much mess as could be found.

 

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i take it this is more crap from the other side of the pond-paradise for rednecks

The tying up part, well it’s basically kidnap and assault. Hazing. Ritualistic torture. I bear the scars from similar treatment. Drop this nonsense. Abuse handed down from generation to generation is still abuse. Break the chain.

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