Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 228, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1920 — Tying the Knot. [ARTICLE]

Tying the Knot.

The performance of the marriage ceremony is often spoken of as “tying the knot" The expression may be of comparatively recent origin, a figurative phrase referring to the fact, that the contracting parties are united dr bound together in wedlock. Quite a* reasonable a supposition is that it has come down from the ancient Babylonians. At any rate it was the custom in old Babylonia for the priest who officiated at the wedding to fake a thread from the garment of the bride and one from a, garment of the groom. He wbuld then knot the two together and present them to the bride, a symbol of the matrimonial tie joining her and her husband.