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14th February 16, 04:25 PM
#11
 Originally Posted by Jock Scot
In a pretty long life I must have been to at least a couple of hundred weddings in the Scottish Highlands and thus far I have never seen a "hand fasting" ceremony at a wedding, or ever for that matter.
I always thought the tying up bit was what went on later behind closed doors. No personal experience, mind.
If you are going to do it, do it in a kilt!
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14th February 16, 05:36 PM
#12
I've seen it done. (The public part) It's not my cup of tea, but to each his own.
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27th April 16, 08:26 PM
#13
It's your wedding and you should do what you and your lad want.
That said, if you'd like to view a couple of pretty usual recent Scottish weddings, two Highland Athletes that I know...one, distantly and another fairly well, have "tied the knot" in Scotland in the past year or so. Here are a few photographs.
Lovely setting for a civil ceremony, attending by about a dozen people. Marischal College, which the groom attended.

Presenting the bride in some sort of classroom or chambers...
Last edited by Alan H; 27th April 16 at 08:27 PM.
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27th April 16, 08:31 PM
#14
The groom and family men. The kilts were all personally made by the grooms grandmother. As an aside, dear X Marks purists.... this is a wedding in SCOTLAND attended by SCOTS with hand-made, personally tailored kilts and the men are wearing WHITE SOCKS. I'm sure the day was ruined by that, though. I mean, doesn't the bride look utterly miserable? If only some knowledgeable X Markers had been there to save their special day and hand out cards that say: "Any color but white". This on top of the unmitigated horror of the mixture of sporrans on display, and the fact that the kilts set lower than the upper 1/3rd of the kneecap.
Ok, enough of the nasty barbs, back to the pictures.

The bride, groom and grooms brothers, father and mother. The family business is a farm near Aberdeen.

No handfasting to be seen. No swords, quaiches, or ancient rituals.
Last edited by Alan H; 27th April 16 at 09:16 PM.
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27th April 16, 08:34 PM
#15
Signing the ledger...

Mr and Mrs Sinclair...
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27th April 16, 08:37 PM
#16
All that said, if YOU want to get married in a castle, with a handfasting and a storyteller and pipers and traditional dancing and so on, that's great. I mean, it's YOUR wedding!
But honestly, I don't think it's anything like what most actual contemporary Scots do on their wedding days.
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13th June 16, 12:22 AM
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13th June 16, 01:35 AM
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Wonderful choice of castle, but then, I am biased! Good luck to you both.
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13th June 16, 12:00 PM
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I hope you have a wonderful day... all the best!
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13th June 16, 12:04 PM
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As a minister in Scotland I have been involved in rather a lot of Scottish weddings, usually in a medieval Priory but once in a castle. Kilted men are common, sometimes in tweeds and sometimes in black barathea with silver buttons. I prefer the tweeds. Pipers are also common, as is dancing at the reception, usually to a ceilidh band. I have never seen a hand fasting although I have heard of one.
Stewart Christie make very fine clothing. I am sure you will both look very grand!
Enjoy your wedding whatever you plan to do!
It's coming yet for a' that,
That Man to Man, the world o'er,
Shall brothers be for a' that. - RB
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