Marriage stone

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A few steps behind the church, on the left bank of the Semois, there is a double monolith: a block of schist and a block of quartz, called the "Pierre à Marier" .

This is a pagan survival of the betrothal and marriage , a local custom that has unfortunately disappeared, and which was called "Saudée"; Bohan's youth "saudait" (read) the future couple. When the marriage was solemnized, the two couples were led to the "Pierre à Marier". There they would sit back to back and reenact an …Read more

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Source: Willem Vandenameele

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