flitch
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The Dunmow Flitch Trials, where couples have to prove in a mock courtroom that their love is still true, take place every four years in the Essex village of Great Dunmow.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2024
"Desmond and his fiancee Minette got married exactly a year and a day before the 2020 Flitch Trials, just so they could take part," said Helen Haines, vice-chair of this year's committee.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2024
BBC Essex will be broadcasting live from this year's Dunmow Flitch Trials from 10:00 BST - to hear more fascinating bacon-related news and views, listen here.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2024
Those who succeeded in proving marital harmony were then be paraded shoulder-high by bearers in the "ancient Flitch Chair" to the town's Market Place, to take an oath.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2024
As Bullard replaced the receiver, Flitch came slouching in.
From Till the Clock Stops by Bell, J. J. (John Joy)
