Culture
According to early Christian traditions, what was a newly-married couple supposed to show off the day after the wedding night?
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A blood-stained white sheet
Explanation
The wedding night used to be pivotal for Christians. Tradition held that the married couple should show off a blood-stained white sheet the day after to prove that the bride was a virgin, and that the wedding had been consummated. If her virginity was not intact, the bride's mother often helped to produce a blood stain. The tradition is still in use in some parts of the world.
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Question added 2011-12-29