2006-07-25 04:37:40 · 4 answers · asked by Just_for_fun 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Centuries ago, each of the month's moon cycles had a name. And, there was a specified time of year in which you got married (all had to do with timing of plantings and harvests - not getting into that here). The moon following the time of marriages was called the Honey Moon - hence, we still call the period of time spent together after a wedding a "honeymoon".
2006-07-25 04:55:05 · answer #1 · answered by Randi L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In older days, in Ireland, when a couple got married, the groom would be gifted with a honey ale for a month, called the honey month. Now referred to as the honey moon.
2006-07-25 09:22:57 · answer #2 · answered by kackaway 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Scandinavian word for honeymoon is derived, in part, from an ancient Northern European custom in which newlyweds, for the first month of their married life, drank a daily cup of honeyed wine called mead. To the Northern Europeans the terms referred to the body's monthly cycle and, its combination with honey
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2006-07-25 04:41:14 · answer #3 · answered by plcarnrike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hon·ey·moon (hn-mn)
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1. A holiday or trip taken by a newly married couple.
2. An early harmonious period in a relationship:
2006-07-25 04:42:02 · answer #4 · answered by shae 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋