Scottish Tartan Weddings: A Practical Guidebook (Weddings/Marriage) (Hardcover)

by Eric Merrill Budd (Author) "You are getting married, and you cannot help but be excited..." (more)
Key Phrases: tartan weddings, tartan sash, plant badge, Prince Charlie, United States, British Isles (more...)

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Product Description
This unique volume is a must-have for brides and grooms-to-be, interweaving Scottish customs and traditions with every step of the wedding process. Appendices include: Clan and Family Reference, Dividing Expenses and Responsibilities, Glossary of Terms, and Scottish Baby Names. Reference and Resources section provides additional guidance for planning the wedding and beyond. Photos and illustrations throughout.

About the Author
Wric Merrill Budd

Product Details

• Hardcover: 198 pages
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books; illustrated edition edition (December 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781807549
• ISBN-13: 978-0781807548
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #551,364 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A great place to get started!, January 14, 2001

By	Andrew Casad (Chapel Hill, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Eric Merrill Budd's Scottish Tartan Weddings: A Practical Guidebook is a great place for couples to begin when planning a Scottish wedding. The only disadvantage is that I received it after my fiancée and I had already done quite a bit of planning, and much of the general remarks concerning the initial planning stages were quite irrelevant. As another reviewer noted, Budd only offers very loose guidelines, and not too many specifics. However, this book, which was only very recently published and therefore unfortunately only available in a hardbound copy, appears to be the only such book available which addresses an audience of couples planning the celebration of their wedding while trying to incorporate Scottish Wedding customs. The most useful discussion, in my opinion, was the section regarding the tartan sash and women's dress for a Scottish tartan wedding. Budd's address of when, where, and how to make use of a bagpiper has likewise proven to be very helpful. I also enjoyed the anecdotes, especially the story of the game used on the Outer Hebrides to gain permission from a possible father-in-law to marry his daughter. From a Catholic perspective, Budd seems to neglect mentioning the sacramentality of marriage and the wedding ceremony, and rather focuses on the ceremony as something more for the couple, than as an outward sign of God's grace for the community of believers, which is made manifest in a loving married couple. Again, in agreement with another reviewer, the appendices addressing clans and their crests and septs and their clans, should have been reserved to another text, especially considering that most individuals who are already steeped in 'all things Scottish,' and perhaps own their kilt as I do, are well aware of the information presented within. Lastly, the scanty discussion of a Highland Honeymoon might best have been left to a separate travelogue of Highland Scotland, of which there are a myriad of wonderful choices. So, overall, Budd's Scottish Tartan Wedding is an adequate source of guidelines and ideas, but could have been much better developed in certain areas, while omitting or relegating to other texts certain topics of discussion.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Missing Link, November 21, 2000

By A Customer

Of all the opinions you get during the planning phase of a wedding, you can never quite sort out all the fact from fiction. Well guess what? Now you can. As a bagpiper myself, I thought I had seen all there was to know about scottish and irish weddings. Little did I know. This book adds simple to understand guidelines (and I restate, guidelines) for you to follow from beginning of your planning to the end. A definite must have. The only negative is the addition of Gaelic names, clan crests, and septs, in the last couple of sections. This could have been reserved for another book or edition.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Resource!, November 23, 1999

By	Russ "haglet" (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

I am the author of The Traditional Irish Wedding and am currently researching material for the next book in the series which will focus on traditional Scottish wedding celebrations. Eric has put together a terrific book filled with valuable information. It's also beautifully designed. About the only thing that's missing are recipes - otherwise I would have given it 5 stars. Congratulations, Eric!