Index Entry | Epithalamium [t], obscene song sung in Russia to newly married couple |
Location | Russia |
Citation | SCG-C.772.071 23 Jul 1772:11 (1905 Supplement) On the Matrimonial State among the Russians. . . . [Description of marital customs] The new married couple, being seated at table, are presented with bread and salt; and a chorus of boys and girls sing the epithalamium, which is always grossly obscene. . . . [3 paragraphs follow] |
Generic Title | South Carolina Gazette (Timothy) |
Date | 1772.07.23 |
Publisher | Powell, Hughes & Co. |
City, State | Charleston, SC |
Year | 1772 |
Bibliography | B0047470 |