petting-stone

petting-stone
   obsolete Northern England
   a stone at the church gate at which a bride supposedly renounced her ill humours
   Such were unfortunately to be found only in Northumberland and Durham. A bride, after leaving the marriage service, had to jump, stride, or be carried across the stone. If she failed to do so, the marriage was, doomed. The ritual was later commuted for a cash payment before being abandoned:
    There was a 'petting-stone' for the bride to jump over. {Durham Tracts, 1893, quoted in EDD)

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