[6] Paul Terzian, Catholic World 71:305.
[7] Tavernier says that frequently two pregnant women who are on very friendly terms, will engage their future offspring, trusting to fortune that one will be a boy and the other a girl. (Tavernier 1:505.)
[8] In fact when there is a variance of choice between parents and daughter it is common for the girl to regard the decision of her parents as being her fate. “Wenn eine junge Frau mit ihrer Heirat, die sie, nach dem Willen der Eltern geschlossen hat, unzufrieden ist, so singt sie:
‘Was soll ich meinem Vater und meiner Mutter sagen?
Das war auf meine Stirn geschrieben.’” (Abeghian p. 54.)
[9] Paul Terzian, Catholic World 71:305.
[10] It is very evident that the expense of these festivities is a considerable item in the budget of the bridegroom’s father. But it is a matter of social pride and respectability to live up to a certain standard of established usage. Accordingly many families involve themselves in life-long incumbrances, not only in the betrothal and marriage festivities but also in the ceremony of baptism, simply to come up to a recognized norm of expenditure. (Tavernier 1:504, 505.)
[11] Cesaresco, chapter on Armenian folk-songs.
[12] Paul Terzian, Catholic World 71:508.
[13] Bent, Contemporary Review 70:701.