-
Random Facts
- When Did Language Begin?
- Was Charles Lindbergh the First Person To Fly across the Atlantic Ocean?
- Who Were the Master Road Builders?
- Do All Animals Need Vitamins?
- Where Is the World’s Largest Subway?
- How do we know how dinosaurs lived when all we have are fossils?
- How did protozoans move around and feed?
- Where Should You Go If You Like the Beach?
- How Old Is the Bathtub?
- What is fog and how is it formed?
-
Recent Comments
- becky on History of Shoes
- secatec on Why Does the Leaning Tower of Pisa Lean?
- exoduso on History of Alcohol Part 2
- Aj on Do bigger scorpions have more toxic stings or are smaller scorpions more dangerous?
- joe on When Did Language Begin?
- T Hicke on When rivers flood how are their flood stage and crest determined and predicted?
- bodhi on Could You Live Without Your Kidneys?
- Vannessa on Were Bagpipes Invented in Scotland?
- caleb allen on How Were the First Drums Made?
- DOBO on How Is Paper Made?
-
Tags
-
-
Pages
Why Is There a Best Man at a Wedding?
The custom of having a best man at a wedding goes back to earliest times, when a groom set out to simply capture his bride.
Usually, several good friends including one leader accompanied him, heavily armed. These warriors defended the groom against other men who might try to capture the bride or even against the bride’s family from whom she was stolen.
As centuries passed and the danger of kidnapping the bride decreased, the custom stayed, so that today the best man and ushers, formerly called the groomsmen, simply escort the groom down the aisle.
The honeymoon actually began as the period of time when a groom had to hide his bride until her family grew tired of searching for her!