WoodYouLike said:We can always start a game of Quidditch then?
WoodYouLike said:Trying very hard to 'get the drift' but failing miserably
The phrase, "living over the brush", used to describe an unmarried couple who live together, originated in the tunnel building days of the 19th Century. If a boy and a girl (usually camp followers from the towns) took a liking to each other then the other men and women would respect them as man and wife. They could not afford a church wedding so, holding hands, they jumped over a brush or broom handle held by two older people. They were then "married" in the eyes of their peers.
The head Gnome explained to his friends.WoodYouLike said:Very interesting little fact to know. And yes, very true in our case.
(but we skipped the 'jumping'; where we come from you 'jump' to the 'notaris' - here I think for this purpose a solicitor - and had a 'living-together-agreement' made up = by law and tax-man regarded as being married)