The wedding glass tinkle, 2002.

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The wedding glass tinkle, 2002.

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Green analyzes the prevalence of the "wedding glass tinkle"--A wedding tradition in which a person can clink his fork against a glass to get the bride and groom to kiss -- and indicates that it serves as a bridge between pre-marital intimacy -- which has been conventionally stereotyped as non-sexual-and marital intimacy -- which is conventionally stereotyped as an appropriately time to begin sexual intimacy. Green sees the wedding glass tinkle as educational folklore in that it teaches and emphasizes the shift toward intimacy suggested by marriage by allowing kissing -- usually a more private act -- to become public. Green also believes that the wedding tinkle equates intimacy with a happy marriage. She suggests that the tinkle is a form of social control, allowing all types of wedding guests to control the bride and groom's behavior for various reasons. She concludes by establishing the tinkle as a release valve that allows the bride and groom to cope with pre-honeymoon jitters and allows the family to cope with the change in relationships that marriage implies.

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Green, Kathryn, 1981-

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Green became interested in this project when she attended her sister-in-law's wedding and her sister-in-law's family would clink their forks on crystal glasses to get the bride and groom to kiss. From the description of The wedding glass tinkle, 2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367539602 ...

Brigham Young University.

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Plans for the David O. McKay building began in 1952 after an evaluation by the Brigham Young University College of Education concluded that the existing building for the College of Education were no longer meeting the growing needs of the program. Plans were officially announced in February of 1954 with the completion deadline being set for December of the same year. The building was officially dedicated on December 14, 1954 by President and Sister McKay along with members of the First Presidenc...