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286 GENERAL REMARKS
Nor can it in truth be faid to be always the cafe, that he fings
upon thefe occafions ; but whenever he is in the prefence of his
beloved, though he fhould forbear to fing, he does not fail to offer
to her whatever he thinks will be moft acceptable, whether
brandy, tobacco, or any thing elfe. On the day of the nuptials
the bride appears drefled in her gala habit ; with this difference,
that whereas her head is commonly clofe covered at other times,
upon this occafion her hair is left to flow loofe upon her fhoul-
ders; and fhe wears a bandeau of different coloured ftuffs, and
fometimes a fillet. The marriage ceremony over, the nuptials
are celebrated in a frugal manner and without fhow. Such of
the guefts as are invited, and are of fufficient ability to do it,
make the bride a prefent of money, rein-deer, or fomething to-
wards a ftock.
In fome parts of Lapland it is the cuftom, a few days after
the marriage, for the relations and friends of the newly married
couple, to meet and partake of an entertainment, which is but
an homely one, as it confifts of meffes of foup, or broth, with a
little roaft mutton, and fome metheglin ; which being all con-
fumed, the guefts afterwards take their departure. Mufic and
dancing are entirely unknown amongft the Laplanders, on thefe
or any other feftivities ; nor are they even aequainted with the
ufe of any one mufical inftrument; and feem to be totally inca-
pable of learning to fing in tune.
The bridegroom generally remains with the parents of his bride
during the fpace of one year after marriage, and at the expiration
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