Colin,

That brief article on handfasting on the religioustolerance.org site got some facts wrong (like "Celtic Chrsitianity being abandoned for the Catholic Church" at the Synod of Whitby -- that's certainly an inaccurate way of looking at it.

Anyway, if you want a more historical look at handfasting in Scotland, I recommend this article:
http://www.medievalscotland.org/hist...dfasting.shtml

The part pertaining to handfasting is about half way down.

Matt