[453]. Schröer, p. 274.
[454]. Ibid., p. 277.
[455]. To the young men invited thus to the wedding.
[456]. The Armenian bride does the singing herself, combining incremental repetition with a refrain in which the crowd may join (Alishan, Armenian Popular Songs, Venice, 1852: the third edition, 1888, omits the name of the translator):
Little threshold, be thou not shaken;
It is for me to be shaken,
To bring lilies.
Little plank, be thou not stirred;
It is for me to be stirred,
To bring lilies.