Scottish Blackening is an ancient, fairly rough pre-wedding ceremony in which the groom-and bride to-be are waylaid by their friends, bound and "blackened" using a messy mixture of treacle, flour , rotting food, cow pies, feathers and any disgusting thing. The groom is then paraded around on the back of a truck, while his comrades make as much noise as possible by blowing whistles, shouting, beating sticks, banging drums and generally creating a din to ward away the fairies. The bride is tied to a tree or statue to remind her of her life to come.
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