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The phrase to 'tie the knot' came from:
When a bride's dowry was presented to the groom's family it was handed over in a knotted bag with a
Bed frames which were sprung with rope. To make a marriage bed you needed to 'tie the knot'
In medieval England, when a marriage took place, the couples hands were symbolically tied together
