fun fact: honeymoon

beram63 Posted: Apr 17, 2008 04:27 PM

fun fact: honeymoon

i learned something that i thought was cool and wedding-related, so i thought i'd share:

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

michesq Posted: Apr 17, 2008 04:29 PM

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very interesting- did not know origin of it

GiantsBride Posted: Apr 17, 2008 04:32 PM

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I live in Babylon! (jk... I know it is a different Babylon!)

frenchy702 Posted: Apr 17, 2008 04:34 PM

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oh wow - I never knew that! Thanks for sharing

ellyoxox Posted: Apr 17, 2008 05:02 PM

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wow that's pretty interesting. thanks for sharing

RobNCyn Posted: Apr 17, 2008 05:04 PM

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wow. . . I never knew that . . . it is a fun and interesting fact! Thanks for sharing!

DnJ0809 Posted: Apr 17, 2008 06:09 PM

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I read that somewhere. I don't think many of us could afford to take a whole month off from work. But how cool would that be just to have the first 30 days being husband and wife to go away on vacation, get the new home ready, etc. I don't think FH will even be able to get 2 weeks off.