People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1893 — Cheese for the Bride. [ARTICLE]

Cheese for the Bride.

In Switzerland the orange and myrtle blossoms, those graceful symbols at weddings, find their substitute in Gruyere cheese. On the day oi her marriage the bride receives a whole Gruyere cheese, which ir religiously preserved in the family. As time goes on various marks and notches are cut into it which serve to record the births, marriages, deaths, etc., occurring in the household and among the relatives. Anyhow it may always serve as provision for a rainy day.