Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
Aha! A historical context.
I was wondering about this “jumping the broom” thing too. So are we talking more of colonial adaptations to fit the circumstance, rather than a general Scottish procedure?
Not an area of study for me, but passing mentions in what I was reading at times made reference to these practices. I have the impression that these both have roots in both Celtic
and African traditions. Exactly what those roots were and the form they had elsewhere, I am not well informed of enough to be quoted.