Consider cattle as bride-price among the Masai, sacred cattle in India, or the Táin Bó Cúailnge otherwise known as the Cooley Cattle Raid. ❋ Gregory Cochran (2010)
The girl will not fetch a bride-price, and neither will her sisters or her cousins, because the mere suspicion of independent feeling and female action in their family taints them too. ❋ Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2010)
He wants her, she wants him, and since Jacob is broke and can't pay the bride-price, "How about I work for you for seven years, after which Rachael and I will marry?" ❋ John R. Coats (2010)
The boy's father, afraid that the marriage would not last long and that the high bride-price would be demanded once the bride and her family found out, forced him to leave Roya waiting. ❋ Setareh Sabety (2010)
Consider cattle as bride-price among the Masai, sacred cattle in India, or the Táin Bó Cúailnge otherwise known as the Cooley Cattle Raid. ❋ Gregory Cochran (2010)
Once the terms of the agreement of the marriage contract were decided, the kiddushin ceremony was conducted and the father of the bride received the bride-price (money or goods) from the groom or his father. ❋ Unknown (2009)
On the other hand, if a man wished to divorce his wife without any apparent reason, he could not demand the bride-price but would have to provide for her welfare until she remarried. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Although the birth of girls was not as welcome as the birth of boys, the bride-price custom, whereby the father of the bride actually received money for his daughter (as if the husband were buying her), meant that the birth of girls was not considered a burden on the family, even though it was less desired. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In the event of conflict or if the woman wished to divorce her husband without any good reason, her family had to repay the bride-price. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Shimon Marcus (1964) tells of a not uncommon incident where a marriage was contracted between families, the bride-price was paid and the engagement took place, but the girl changed her mind and refused to marry the man. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The bride-price custom ceased to exist after a number of years in Israel. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Marriages were contracted after the bride-price was agreed upon and this was formalized with a handshake. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Amongst the Iraqi and Turkish Kurds the bride-price custom was common. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In many cases the father of the bride-to-be gave the bride-price to his daughter to use in order to buy material for her clothes and household goods, though formally these had to be provided by the husband. ❋ Unknown (2009)
