Blackening of the bride
Scottish wedding has some unique pre-wedding customs, “Blackening of the bride” being one of them. This is a pre-wedding tradition.
‘The blackening’ is a pre-nuptial event where the bride is ‘captured’ and covered with all kinds of sticky gunk.
Buckets of flour, eggs, treacle, seaweed, porridge and hair or feathers are prepared in readiness.
The bride-to-be is then seated in the back of a truck and the guests take their turns to throw the ‘blackening’ over her. The groom is also included in the ritual.
After being blackened he or she or both of them are either tied to a tree or taken to the local streets and the pubs with the friends clanging the pots to announce the wedding. Scots believe that this humiliation prepares them to face all the difficulties and humiliations that may come across them as nothing would be more humiliating throughout their life.
So, are you up for a Scottish wedding?
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