It consists in placing the hands of the two contracting parties in each other, and the striking of fire with a flint and steel, when the marriage is declared to be irrevocable.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Your cousin, I am forced to avow it, has been very silly, very inconsiderate, not alone in contracting heavy debts, but in raising large sums to meet them at fabulous rates of interest.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
It seems to have escaped him, for while Silas stands waiting, he studies for a long time, contracting his brow until he looks so fierce and savage that Tug, who has been aiming at him from the door, steps out into the hall to get out of the way.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe