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Did folks in t'olden days get married early on a morning mebbes?
Oh and also, title of this thread nearly gave me palps!
I'd want one of them posh dinners - is that a breakfast then?
A wedding breakfast is a dinner given to the bride, bridegroom and guests at the wedding reception that follows a wedding in England or New Zealand.
While not normally a morning meal, the name apparently arises from the tradition that the bride and bridegroom would have been fasting before the wedding, and so the reception would be the time when they would break their fast. This is consistent with the fact that in past centuries, England (as all of Western Europe) was Roman Catholic and the tradition of fasting before receiving the Eucharist at Mass would have been commonplace.
Another theory on the origin of the term is that the wedding breakfast is the first meal of a couple's married life, just as breakfast is the first meal of the day.
Mind you, mam phoned me 15 mins into tonights, so I don't know how it finishes... will have to watch it on iplayer