The Sun.
London, England, 1812-03-09 00:00:00

FOR eilh iiool'l,4o C()UG.ii

• A USTIN'S- -LINIMENT, 'Ai tAch is an external
appltcrti vi, is-thf! most ;Fate, easy.,-and e:l,:(•,ttral
I!Y -fu, tips distresitig atid'rltat-frequclotiy after
all ntlt~r ntedicknes i,ave

following exi or a letter from tilt. Lady ot R. 0.
Stone, of AlAytield, L. Sussex, will tie a prouf of its,
singular

si 1: November last my little girl was attNcked by the
HoopinA•Cough, and k:teased so rapinl,„ that t
was e \treniely alaimed ; but in less than a week atier,l ap-
plied the Liniment .you recommended; the Cough Abateci and
.gradual! : wed away. By the
.use of one pot only a perfeo
eure,was erketed, and the child has remained ever since in
good health.

" A. M. STONE.

Mayfield, Jan. 24,Are." -
.Solcil only by F., Newbc:y and Sons,.No. 4S. St. Paul'a
Church yard, in price as. e;ch, Stamp included.

CEREMONY IN 21 fliioE

I,9LiiNDS.

Sernetimes a Joung man in Ferne end'eavotirs to
gain the affeetion of a young woman Without 'coin-
municatingiTh intentions to any of his erierids ; brit
as soon as he ~eberins the young woman's. : cement,
he no longer thinks. concealment necesslry. It he
,
proves_unfortunate-in his suit, has no means of stc-
cess 16 the.objeef of his love, or is unaceciaiuted
with her parents, he employs the . intervention :of
some respedable person, who makes the proposal
in his name. This coefidential friend waits upon
the young woman and' her parents, acquaints them.
with the young'man's intention, and jreceivcs their
answer. If the otter be rejected,. net lin% more 7is
dope, and the suitor must Oiled his views to soma
other quarter ; but if no objeetions are made by any
of the pan ies, the lever teptins a: week atter to the
house of the young woman with his high hat on his
head, and his wooing
,staff in his hand, as-a signal
of his 'er rand. Persons" of higher rank celebrate
th.4r Weddings at any period ot the year they think
proper; but the common people marry only in. the
autumn, which is their slaughtering tune. As the
wedding diesi has been already desciibed, I straa
Mere only make a few observations in 1-regard to the '
ceremonies. The bridegroom has t men, who
are generally selected from_ the most respedahle .of
his friends, and whose duty is to accompany him "to
and from church, and to dress arid endnss him.—
The bride has also two bride-maidens, who dress
her, and whbeduring the ceremony, stand behind
her and the bridegroom ; she has also two young
men called loyasvoynar, that is leaders, who, meti
laying hold of an arm, accompany her to the church,
hand her into-her pew, and when the service is over,
attend her in the same manner back to the house
where the wedding fs celebrated, The bridegroom
first repairs to the church, with all his male attend-
ants walking in pairs; and- then the bride, who,
however, is preceded by a company of bride" girls,
(stoylar) all neatly dresszd and ornamented, who ar-
range themselves in a row in the passage before-the
pew appropriated for her, where they remain stand!.
ing till she and her maids have passed them. Durieg
the ceremony a great many candles are placed on the
altar, -and when it is ended, which is generAlly in
the afternoon, thecompany return. -Afier the new
married pair have received a congratulatory kiss
from each of the guests, they all sit down to a din-
ner, which consists ot soup made of beef or lam: ;
roast, beef or lamb, succeeded by rice soup, plum
tarts, and a kind of frittets without apples ; ,and on
such occasions there is always a plentiful supply of
of brandy and ale, which is handed about by cup-
bearers.

When the dinner is over, and a thanksgiving hymn
sung, the apartment is made ready for dancing.--
The bride and bridegroom, with tie whole com-
pany, form themselves into a circle, and -joining
hands, dance round in cadence, towards the lett
side, to the sound of a nuptial song, which is sung
by all the dancers in full chorus. It the apartment
is not large enough to admit the whole comoany
to make one circle, they form themselves into two
or more concentric circles.

When the evening has been spent in dancing,, the
cup-bearers enter, and giving a hind thump on one
of the beams, summon ths bridegroom to bed, for
the first time; half an hour after they give a second
thump, and summon the bride to bed : this cere-
. many is repeated, and afterwards the bridegroom is
summoned to bed for .the last time. The bride, is
conducted first to bed, in which she lies:-.down half
undressed, and on this occasion she. sheds a few
tears; the same ceremony is observed in regard to
the bridegroom, whouhowever, lies down- without
dropping any tears. When both are in bed a couple
of psalms are. sung in most places, and the evening
prayers read, after which the company retire, and
continue their dancing as long as they think proper.
Next morning the wedded pair receive in bed pre.
sents from the guests which generally amount to one
or two crowns, and a glass of wine or brandy is given
to each person present. .The whole of the thy is
spent in feasting and dancing; but after dinner one
of the most ingenious of the guests' brings in a rump
of roast beef, part of the cow killed for the wedding,
the tail of which adhering to it, is bent upwards, and
Ornamented with ribbons; but the whole piece is
sometimes decorated wick painted or gilt paper;. it
is introduced with a poetical oration, the subject of
which is a panegyric on the dish ; and sometiMes
the fate and history of the cow is detailed with in-
sipid minuteness. The vessel containing the dis-h is
placed at the upper end of the table, where it. is
handed from the one to the other, each of the com-
pany, if they choose, giving vent at the same time
to some witj and extetnpore effusion in verse,
which either contains some trait of satire, or is cal—
culated to excite a-roar of laughter.

* The
.account of the islands Of Feroe was written by the
Rev. C. Landt,--who officiated man) years as a Clergyman
ia those islands-.

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