Having ſpoken of the Manks Frugality, or rather Sordidneſs, in their way of Eating, I muſt not omit making an Exception to this Rule, at three ſeveral Times, which are their Weddings, their Chriſtenings, and their Funerals.
As to the firſt, twenty Pounds is a good Portion for a Mountaineer's Daughter, and they are ſo exact in the Marriage-Bargin, that I have known many, who have called themſelves hot Lovers, break off for the ſake of a Sow or a Pig being refuſed in the Articles. Yet, notwithſtanding this, a Stranger cannot be invited to one of theſe nuptial Feaſts, without believing himſelf in a Land of the utmoſt Plenty, and Hoſpitality. The Match is no ſooner concluded, than beſides the Banns of Matrimony being publickly aſked in the Church three Sundays, notice is given to all the Friends and Relations on both ſides, tho' they live ever ſo far diſtant. Not one of theſe, unleſs detained by Sickneſs, fail coming, and bring ſomething towards the Feaſt; the neareſt of Kin, if they are able, commonly contribute moſt, ſo that they have vaſt
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