Another Wedding Thread

[Bruce Scott]

Do you know, I have been to a lot of weddings in Scotland in rather a long life and have never seen this “hand fasting” thing done. Just what is all that about?

I found this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handfasting

And this: https://owlcation.com/social-science...Modern-Society

Handbinding and Oath-Taking
"The other most notable characteristic of modern handfastings is the hand binding with rope or ribbon. When researching medieval handfastings, not a single reference was made to the tying of the hands together. This appears to be a strictly modern invention. Likely this was an addition made . . . . in the post-Victorian era, simply based on the notion that handfasting involves bringing two hands together. But rather than binding them with rope, the custom of handshaking of a sorts was inferred."