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  2. Handfasting - Wikipedia

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    Handfasting is a traditional practice that, depending on the term's usage, may define an unofficiated wedding (in which a couple marries without an officiant, usually with the intent of later undergoing a second wedding with an officiant), a betrothal (an engagement in which a couple has formally promised to wed, and which can be broken only ...

  3. Wedding customs by country - Wikipedia

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    Handfasting is a wedding ritual in which the bride's and groom's hands are tied together. It is said to be based on an ancient Celtic tradition and to have inspired the phrase "tying the knot". "Handfasting" is favoured by practitioners of Celtic-based religions and spiritual traditions, such as Wicca and Druidism. [2]

  4. List of knots - Wikipedia

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    Aberdeen knot - preferred for closure of intradermal sutures [1]; Adjustable bend – can be easily lengthened or shortened; Adjustable grip hitch – a simple hitch which may easily be shifted up and down the rope while slack

  5. Wedding - Wikipedia

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    A handfasting is an old pagan custom, dating back to the time of the ancient Celts. A handfasting was originally more like an engagement period, where two people would declare a binding union between themselves for a year and a day. The original handfasting was a trial marriage. [51]

  6. Marriage in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    Other tokens recorded include gloves, a crimson ribbon tied in a knot, and even a silver toothpick. [17] Handfasting might take place anywhere, indoors or out. [17] It was frequently in the home of the bride, but according to records handfastings also took place in taverns, in an orchard and even on horseback.

  7. List of awareness ribbons - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of awareness ribbons. The meaning behind an awareness ribbon depends on its colors and pattern. Since many advocacy groups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness, ribbons, particularly those of a single color, some colors may refer to more than one cause.

  8. Oak leaf cluster - Wikipedia

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    Oak leaf clusters are worn with the stems of the leaves pointing to the wearer's right. For medals, 13 ⁄ 32-inch (10 mm) oak leaf clusters are worn on the medal's suspension ribbon. [4] For service ribbons, 5 ⁄ 16-inch (7.9 mm) oak leaf clusters are worn, with no more than four oak leaf clusters being worn side by side.

  9. Rosette (decoration) - Wikipedia

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    The lapel pin is designed to be a smaller version of the rectangular service ribbon, also for use on civilian wear. Most American military medals have the ribbon bar design scaled down to the size of a lapel pin. Members of the Sons of the American Revolution wear small, blue-and-buff rosettes as lapel buttons.

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