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Source: Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Honeymoon. | www.bartleby.com
Description: "It was the custom of the higher order of the Teutons ... to drink mead or metheglin (a beverage made from honey) for thirty days after every wedding.
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The origin of the term "Honeymoon" is something of a mystery, but according to folklore, it stems from marriage ..MORE ChaCha!
The honeymoon referred to that early charmed period in married life (full of love and as sweet as honey),
It is used to describe a tradition where the groom would be given mead (honey wine) he could drink for the first month (moon).
It was the accepted practice in Babylonia 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply MORE
