Since the time of the Vikings until 1940 blacksmiths in Europe have been allowed to perform handfastings (a wedding).As they were considered upstanding and important people in the village.Scotland was the last country to ban weddings by any one other than a priest in 1940!Blacksmithing at Renn. faires we have been ask to preform a symbolic handfasting for a marriage forged in fire and bound by iron.



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