On a different subject, My son will be married in Hawaii in December. His bride is a New Zealander/ US citizen beautiful but very modest. I fowarded her the following Orkney tradition. I also notified her family and my son, that I was not really intending to follow this tradition. "The Hen's night for the bride takes place on the same eve as the Stag party. The lady is usually dressed up by her friends, festooned with streamers and balloons and often daubed with soot and flour and paraded through the streets to the accompaniment of rattling cans, clanking pots and pans, whistles and bells and general uproar to avert evil spirits. In many places the friends carry with them a chamber pot into which well-wishers throw a coin for good luck. This is used to raise funds towards the wedding feast - today some lassies receive a cash gift of over $100 in this unorthodox fashion!" from _http://www.weddingdetails.com/lore/scot.cfm_ (http://www.weddingdetails.com/lore/scot.cfm) I know we have had discussion about the groom's traditions but this was the first I read about the bride. Can you see this self-conscious woman prancing about the cruise ship or the streets of Honolulu? That would get a discussion going! Marilyn ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com