Shivaree is the most common American regional form of charivari, a French word meaning "a noisy mock serenade for newlyweds" and probably deriving in turn from a Late Latin word meaning "headache." The term, most likely borrowed from French traders and settlers along ... Who held the first ... ... In whose honor was ...
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Early Modern France (Stanford, I975), 97-124; idem, "Charivari, Honor and Community ..... proven adulterous, women whose lovers were married men, ... quent targets of charivaris, and the number held for mesalliances ...
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honor to associate with"; meanwhile, a woman whose mob-cap marks her for .... of a charivari held against a reigning monarch: in 1717, George I was the ...
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1. Resolved, That the several States composing, the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that, by a compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States, ... 2. Resolved, That the Constitution of the United States,
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Kentucky is located in the central United States. It is bounded by the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers on the west, the Ohio River on the north, the Big Sandy River, Pine Mountain, and Cumberland Mountain on the east, and the state of ... Originally part of Virginia, ... The capital of Kentucky is Frankfort in Franklin county.
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But 3 States- Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey- stubbornly held out, holding up implementation of a fundamental document which required that the assent of all 13 States be achieved before it could go into formal operation.
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Then Lindsay switched me to the Clerk from Hell, whose name was Ethalia, ... But with the wedding held in the morning, we were too tired and folks were all dispersed and Rob & Kathryn were spared the dubious honor of a Charivari (sha-ree-va-rée). The other custom, that the food at Cajun weddings is usually homemade,
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PUNCH,OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 1 ... Thou, too, whose favour they depend so much on (Fortune, I mean) in this precarious game, Oh let there be no blob on their escutcheon, Or, if a few occur, accept the blame; Do not, of course, abuse thy powers; We'd have the best side win, but let that side be ours.
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920 by Various. literature ... The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920,
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In the parodic spirit of the charivari itself, the commoners in this tale are stirred by a passion for honor quite as strong as any nobleman's, if not as lofty. ... It's urban, it's real, but is this literature? Controversy rages over a new genre whose sales are headed off the charts...
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