THE TRADITIONAL JUMPING THE BROOM
-- ,IS A CEREMONY AT A WEDDING , WITH
ALL FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS WITNESSING THE WONDERFUL EVENT
IT WAS A CONFIRMATION OF BOTH
THE COUPLES CHOICE TO BE COMMITTED TO EACH
OTHER. THERE WAS A TIME IN THE DAYS OF SLAVERY ,, WHEN A CEREMONY LIKE THIS WAS
RECOGNIZED AS THE CLOSEST UNITY OTHER THEN
A LEGAL BINDING MARRIAGE.
SLAVES WERE NOT GIVEN THE SANCTITY OF A PROPER MARRIAGE TIL SOME TIME AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.
WELL THAT DIDNT STOP A COUPLE FROM BEING CREATIVE ,
ALL YOU NEED IS WITNESSES , AND A COMMITMENT TO EACH OTHER , AND A GOD FEARING MAN TO SAY ALL THE RIGHT
THINGS AND ITS A DONE DEAL ..... YOU SEE THATS WHY YOUR WORD MEANS A LOT ,
WORDS HAVE SUBSTANCE ,,, EVEN 2 LITTLE WORDS LIKE I DO , CAN HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF WEIGHT..
NOW JUMPING THE BROOM WAS NO STRANGE PRACTICE ,
EVEN AMONG THE EUROPEANS AND THOSE OF SCOTLAND AND OTHERS ,
BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE LEARNED IT FROM THE GYPSIES AS EARLY AS THE 1700S
THERE WERE THOSE , WHO WOULD BOLDLY PRONOUNCE , THEY
HAVE JUMPED THE BROOM , A FEW TIMES EVEN IN THEIR DAY . HOWEVER,
AS YOU WOULD GUESS , CERTAIN FOLKS BELIEVE THERE WAS
A SIGNIFICANCE BEHIND THE FACT , WHEN THE COUPLE JUMPED AT THE END OF
A CEREMONY AND WHOEVER FEET HIT THE GROUND FIRST , WAS GOING TO WEAR
THE PANTS IN THAT MARRIAGE ,,, AND THEY EVEN BELIEVED THAT IF YOU JUMPED
TOO HIGH , THAT IT SIGNIFIED TROUBLE . . THERE ARE SOME FAMILIES TODAY,
THAT HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF OUR ANCESTORS, SO THEY STILL ON OCCASION JUMP THE BROOM TODAY. .
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