"In ancient Boeotia brides were carried home in vehicles whose wheels were burned at the door, in token, that they would never again be needed."

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And down I went to fetch my bride: But, Alice, you were ill at ease; This dress and that by turns you tried, Too fearful that you should not please. I loved you better for your fears, I knew you could not look but well; And dews, that would have fall'n in tears, I kiss'd away before they fell.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson