Note 1201 — Chapter IX · THE PROTESTANT CONCEPTION OF MARRIAGE
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Burn, Parish Registers, 139, citing Lyndwood's Provinciale, 271. "In an Almanack for 1665, certain days (January 2, 4, etc.) are pointed out as 'good to marry, or contract a wife (for then women will be fond and loving).'"—Ibid., 139 n. 2. See also Wood, The Wedding Day, 235-60, for an account of the superstitions and folklore on this subject.