tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9435352.post1584941955369118306..comments2008-05-13T22:11:15.559+02:00vailianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04911974253576667616noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9435352.post-12641008798686574912008-05-13T22:11:00.000+02:002008-05-13T22:11:00.000+02:00Seen it a few times, both in Germany and the States. Of the reasons I heard, the one I liked most, was that the bride would be given one chance on the eve of her wedding to symbolically come up with the amount of money promised to her father in exchange for her hand in marriage. It was intended as a way of getting out of arranged marriages, and considered a sign that the bride could fend for herself without help from her father or fiancé. <BR/><BR/>The more common answer was that it was how they paid for the bachelorette party in addition to being an excuse to kiss strangers.godzurkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03216829835437217535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9435352.post-55391180244300832202008-05-12T11:48:00.000+02:002008-05-12T11:48:00.000+02:00I've seen grooms on a stag night doing the exact same thing. No idea what it means.Bowleserisedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02974472204722759129noreply@blogger.com