*Jumping the broom (or jumping the besom) is a phrase and custom relating to a wedding ceremony where the couple jumps over a broom. It has been suggested that the custom is based on an 18th-century idiomatic expression for "sham marriage" or "marriage of doubtful validity"*
*Jumping the broom (or jumping the besom) is a phrase and custom relating to a wedding ceremony where the couple jumps over a broom. It has been suggested that the custom is based on an 18th-century idiomatic expression for "sham marriage" or "marriage of doubtful validity"*
Why you think they let slaves do it.....
Never knew that was the origin, interesting
So it's country... and corny
Yall didn't know what jumping the broom was or had a cursory knowledge thatbit was something black people did