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Engagement, weddings, and birth of a baby are the three steps of a new family. The Danes’1 special ways of doing these things inform their native culture. People in other places of the world usually give their lovers a finger ring or a bundle2 of flowers as a gift of engagement. But in some areas of Denmark, it is still considered lucky for a young man to present his fiancée3 with the wooden clappers4 once used to beat clothes washed in a stream. These clappers were engraved5 with love-poems, and, according to tradition, they ensured6 good fortune and happiness.
Engagement, weddings, and birth of a baby are the three steps of a new family. The Danes’1 special ways of doing these things inform their native culture. People in other places of the world usually give their lovers a finger ring or a bundle2 Among flowers areas. It is still pondering for a young man to present his , and, according to tradition, they ensured6 good fortune and happiness.