The Knot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Will you take this woman..

To bear her sadness and pains.

Do you promise to cover her..

If the sun burns or the sky rains.

 

Will you take this woman..

As an equal and a best friend..

Do you promise to stand by her..

And in thy stubbornness bend.

 

Will you take this woman..

To be loyal in day and night

Until you die… and if  beyond

Even in the dark or the light.

 

Do you take  this woman ..

Promising she’ll never ask of you..

Not  once …  Do you love me?

That one touch will say you do.

 

Do you take this woman  ...

And with her pull tight the knot.

Knowing if undone or ever cut ...

Love will die and forever be forgot.

 

David D Jerald

 

Handfasting - The Irish Tie the Knot

Handfasting is an ancient Celtic custom in

which a man and woman came together at

 the start of their marriage. Their hands,

 or more accurately, their wrists were literally

 tied together. This practice gave way to the

 expression "tying the knot". One legend

 believes the Celtic Knot  means eternal love

 because it has no beginning and no end.

Thus the belief if the knot is undone in any way

 true love will die.