Tying Of The Knot

[Southern Breeze]

In the thread Ghillie Laces there is a pic of a Tying Of The Knot ceremony. Can someone explain this ceremony to me? A search online turned up zilch. Thanks.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

I must have missed that part, not a fan of Ghillies, but when I saw the title of the thread, I wondered who you were tying the knot with!

[Pour1Malt]

fraim whit ai understand....

this 'tying the knot' (also known as 'handfasting') predates christainity in Scotland...

it is a ceremony of the joinin o twa clans or families.... strips o tartan fraim the twa clans or families are tied tagither roon the clasped hands o the couple....

it was wan o several symbolic ceremonies we did in oor non-christain wedding....

[Southern Breeze]

fraim whit ai understand....

this 'tying the knot' (also known as 'handfasting') predates christainity in Scotland...

it is a ceremony of the joinin o twa clans or families.... strips o tartan fraim the twa clans or families are tied tagither roon the clasped hands o the couple....

it was wan o several symbolic ceremonies we did in oor non-christain wedding....

Thanks for the reply. I did a search on "Handfasting" and found the info.

[Pour1Malt]

guid oan ya....

handfasting is jus wan o the ceremonies...

the auld Scots/Celts had several guid symbolic things tae dae...

[Kilted KT]

wonder how many other symboli ceremonies we have here that are ancient scots in origin?

Yellin at yer food definitly seems to be one of them!

[Paul Henry]

to KT....handfasting has NOTHING to do with scotland!
while it may well have been be practised there, it is essentially a pagan idea.
Couples could be "married" for a year and day, after that time they could part without any ill feeling or stay together.
There is a huge difference between scottish and pagan and celtic, they are not all the same albeit sharing important points