Note 18 — II.—BIRTH, MARRIAGE AND DEATH.
Reading edition
In some parts of England wheat was cast on the head of the newly-made bride. The same practice obtains in Sicily. This was also a Hebrew custom. In Russia, when the priest has tied the nuptial knot at the altar, his clerk or sexton throws upon the bride’s head a handful of hops, wishing she may prove as fruitful as the plant thus scattered. ↑