CHARIVARI  , a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• TERM

term of uncertain origin, but probably onomatopoeic, for a See also:

• MOCK

mock See also:

• SERENADE (from Ital. serenata, Lat. serenus, bright; the Italian term being applied, partly by confusion with serus, late, and partly through the use of Serena—cf. Gr. ve?i7vri—as an epithet for the moon, to a form of courting music played at night in the

serenade " rough See also:

• MUSIC

music," made by beating on kettles, See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-irons, See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea-trays or what not . The charivari was anciently in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France a See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• WEDDING

wedding See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom, all bridal couples being thus serenaded . Later it was reserved for See also:

• ILL

ill-assorted and unpopular marriages, for widows or widowers who remarried too soon, and generally as a mockery for all who were unpopular . At the beginning of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, wedding charivaris were forbidden by the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council of See also:

• TOURS

Tours under See also:

• PAIN (from Lat. poena, Gr. robin, penalty, that which must be paid: O. Fr. peine)
• PAIN, BARRY (1867– )

pain of See also:

• EXCOMMUNICATION (Lat. ex, out of, away from; communis, common)

excommunication, but the custom still lingers in rural districts .