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From: George Metz wolfstar@********.net
Subject: Worse than death...
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 04:26:35 -0400
Dvixen wrote:
>
>> > Sort of? How do you SORT OF get hitched? C'mon, Wolfy....elaborate.:-)
>>
>> Handfasting. It's getting hitched, with an automatic unhitching at
>> 12,000 miles or 1 year and 1 day, whichever comes first. =)
>>
>> This one comes with an option to re-hitch permanently. =)
>
> If i remember right, it's an old Cetic tradition. Vows are normally
> exchanged on May Day, or near there, however. ;)

Basically correct, yes. Although the pagan community at large has
adopted it, and Mabon - Autumnal Equinox - is another popular festival
of late, as is Samhain. Although getting married on the Celtic Day of
the Dead in a Celtic ceremony seems like a bad idea to me. =)

Oh, and congrats Dv. Don't make Paolo's life TOO miserable. =)

Wolfy
Still in a daze...

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