Scotland Puzzle - Scottish Wedding Customs

Scottish Wedding Customs

By Kay Glasgow

Scottish castles are popular destination wedding venues. However, non-travelling wedding parties may look to old customs like creeling, foot-washing, scramble, show of presents and Celtic music to make a wedding Scottish in tradition. Most of the anagrams relate to customs of simpler times. How about a five day penny wedding for a celebration to remember?!

1 popular Scottish site for young elopers from England to marry (5,5) NEAR TERN EGG

2 item filled with salt, coins and coal for bride to jump over for luck MATCH PROBE

3 lyrics of Mairi's Wedding: step we gaily on we go, describe this (7,4) WILD DAWN KEG

4 a __ __ is the norm; pre-Victorian times, bride wore a coloured dress (5,7) DESIGN WITH DEW

5 in fishing communities this flew from the groom's boat mast (7,4) FED WILD GANG

6 Orcadian 3- handled vessel newly weds served guests from (6,3) DISCO BERG

7 1472 James III gained __ and __ for Margaret's missed dowry payments (6,8) THEREON LAND SKY

8 another custom for luck: __ a __ over the bride's head (5,7) RANK BACKBONE

9 firing a pistol was to drive away evil spirits at the wedding __ MERCY ONE

10 traditionally worn the 1st Sunday after marriage, then used at christenings (7,5) WHISK LARKING

11 Dornoch site of Madonna's Scottish wedding (5,6) SOIL SETBACK

12 monthly magazine with photos of tartan weddings in Scotland (8,5) DISC OF THISTLE

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1	popular Scottish site for young elopers from England to marry (5,5)	NEAR TERN EGG
2	item filled with salt, coins and coal for bride to jump over for luck	MATCH PROBE
3	lyrics of Mairi's Wedding: step we gaily on we go, describe this (7,4)	WILD DAWN KEG
4	a __ __ is the norm; pre-Victorian times, bride wore a coloured dress (5,7)	DESIGN WITH DEW
5	in fishing communities this flew from the groom's boat mast (7,4)	FED WILD GANG
6	Orcadian 3- handled vessel newly weds served guests from (6,3)	DISCO BERG
7	1472 James III gained __ and __ for Margaret's missed dowry payments (6,8)	THEREON LAND SKY
8	another custom for luck: __ a __ over the bride's head (5,7)	RANK BACKBONE
9	firing a pistol was to drive away evil spirits at the wedding __	MERCY ONE
10	traditionally worn the 1st Sunday after marriage, then used at christenings (7,5)	WHISK LARKING
11	Dornoch site of Madonna's Scottish wedding (5,6)	SOIL SETBACK
12	monthly magazine with photos of tartan weddings in Scotland (8,5)	DISC OF THISTLE