Welsh Newspapers - "Roping Newlyweds", a Forest Custom ? (General)
by maurice 
, Monday, October 28, 2013, 11:20 (4044 days ago) @ shepway
I too can confirm that this was an old Forest custom.After my wedding at Flaxley in 1956,youngsters held a rope across the road and I threw a handful of coins to them as I was prepared for this event.As like shepway it was not a "shotgun wedding".
Maurice
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