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Updated: May 13, 2025
Some of the less well-to-do farmers, and those who live near large towns, give their wedding-parties at a cafe or 'uitspanning. This word means literally a place where the horse is taken out of the shafts, but it is also a restaurant with a garden attached to it, in which there are swings and seesaws, upon which the guests disport themselves during the afternoon, while in the evening a large hall in the building is arranged for the ball, for that is the conclusion of every 'Boeren bruiloft. Very often the ball lasts till the cock-crowing, and then, if the 'Bruiloft houers' are Roman Catholics, it is no uncommon practice first to go to church and 'count their beads' before they disperse on their separate ways to begin the duties of a new day.
The fuel consists of huge logs of wood and heather sods, which are also used for covering the roofs of the 'Plaggewoning. Black or rye bread takes the place of white, and is generally home-made. In Brabant the women bake what is called 'Boeren mik. This is a delicious long brown loaf, and there are always a few raisins mixed with the dough to keep it from getting stale.
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