DORSET-L Archives

Archiver > DORSET > 2003-01 > 1041813133


From: "Norster Family" <>
Subject: [DOR] Portland Marriage Practices
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 00:35:20 -0000


Having just come back from the New Year at my Mother in Laws, I would like
to ask the list if anyone knows the chant which used to be said when a
quarryman was getting married.

I believe that a ceremony took place in the quarry where the prospective
groom had to jump a rope or pole from a group of single men towards a group
of married men. This is the time that the chant would have been made.

This now appears to be a cerempny which has dropped out of fashion.

Don Farnham
Researching Norster and Noster worldwide
Registered with GOONS 3004

This thread: