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http://www.800padutch.com/amish.shtml

According to this detailed summary (one paragraph below because it's cool and
different), the boys court and ask the girl in secret and she waits to tell
her parents. It's a very interestin article.


-=-A whirlwind of activity begins after Fast Day on October 11. Fall
communion takes place the following church Sunday. After communion, proper
certification of membership is requested, and is given by the second Sunday
after communion. This is a major day in the life of the church because all
the couples who plan to marry are "published." At the end of the service, the
deacon announces the names of the girls and who they plan to marry. The
fathers then announce the date and time of the wedding and invite the members
to attend. The betrothed couple does not attend the church service on the
Sunday they are published. Instead, the young woman prepares a meal for her
fiance and they enjoy dinner alone at her home. When the girl's family
returns from church, the daughter formally introduces her fiance to her pare
nts.-=-

lmncarlson

Buttons were expensive little items in the past. They were worn by
folks with money and these people were pretty proud of their fancy
buttons. Perhaps more importantly, buttons were heavily featured on
soldiers' uniforms and kept well polished and shiny.

Buttons are therefore symbols of the pride of fancy people and
militarism. Bad stuff.

Joan

Sharon Rudd

Thanks Joan!
Sharon of the Swamp

--- lmncarlson <les.carlson2@...> wrote:
> Buttons were expensive little items in the past.
> They were worn by
> folks with money and these people were pretty proud
> of their fancy
> buttons. Perhaps more importantly, buttons were
> heavily featured on
> soldiers' uniforms and kept well polished and shiny.
>
>
> Buttons are therefore symbols of the pride of fancy
> people and
> militarism. Bad stuff.
>
> Joan
>
>


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zenmomma *

>>This is a major day in the life of the church because all the couples who
>>plan to marry are "published." At the end of the service, the deacon
>>announces the names of the girls and who they plan to marry.<<

Apparently "publishing" was common in 19th century England. It was mentioned
in the Thomas Hardy book "Tess of the D'Urbervilles". (And I'm sure zillions
of other places, but that's where I read about it. :o))

~Mary

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In a message dated 12/23/01 8:49:50 AM, zenmomma@... writes:

<< Apparently "publishing" was common in 19th century England. It was
mentioned
in the Thomas Hardy book "Tess of the D'Urbervilles". (And I'm sure zillions
of other places, but that's where I read about it. :o)) >>

Even pre-printing, there is the term "to publish the banns of marriage." It
meant to announce publicly (in church) on three different weeks that the two
people intended to get married. It was a way for the word to spread AND for
people to say "What!? He's married to my antie!"

It's directly related to the legal notices in back of newspapers. Like you
have to publish three times if someone left their truck with you five years
ago and you want to claim the title for storage. Stuff like that. But
"publish" didn't always mean print on paper.

Sandra

The Mowery Family

The diocese here in Metro Detroit still lists the "Bans of Marriage". I
think they list it 3 times (can't remember if it is consecutive weeks in the
bulletin).

I never officially learned why it was done, but when my girlfriend was
getting married 14yrs ago(cripes I am getting old), we had a discussion
about it and she said they notify the community who is intended to marry
whom and if anyone knows why one shouldn't marry the other(person is still
married, or cheating or something), it is their obligation to notify the
person or the church or someone.

sistakammi




----- Original Message -----
From: "zenmomma *" <zenmomma@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Amish weddings!


>
>
> >>This is a major day in the life of the church because all the couples
who
> >>plan to marry are "published." At the end of the service, the deacon
> >>announces the names of the girls and who they plan to marry.<<
>
> Apparently "publishing" was common in 19th century England. It was
mentioned
> in the Thomas Hardy book "Tess of the D'Urbervilles". (And I'm sure
zillions
> of other places, but that's where I read about it. :o))
>
> ~Mary
>
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I knew I should have deleted my morning drivel post for Sandra to get
correct <g>

sistakammi


> Even pre-printing, there is the term "to publish the banns of marriage."
It
> meant to announce publicly (in church) on three different weeks that the
two
> people intended to get married. It was a way for the word to spread AND
for
> people to say "What!? He's married to my antie!"
>
> It's directly related to the legal notices in back of newspapers. Like
you
> have to publish three times if someone left their truck with you five
years
> ago and you want to claim the title for storage. Stuff like that. But
> "publish" didn't always mean print on paper.
>
> Sandra

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In a message dated 12/23/01 9:28:18 AM, jkkddmowery@... writes:

<< I knew I should have deleted my morning drivel post for Sandra to get
correct <g> >>

No way!
Because yours was from real life and I read mine in a book.