Mudcat Café message #1597632

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Posted By: The Borchester Echo
04-Nov-05 - 06:19 PM
Thread Name: Lay the bent to the bonnie broome? Meaning?
Subject: RE: Lay the bent to the bonnie broome? Meaning?

jumping over a broom was a symbolic act in the Celtic marriage ceremony

But 'living over the brush' used to mean that no form of marriage ceremony had been entered into . . .