Russell and Carol - hayle and hearty

The Flitch of Bacon.—The jocular custom
of claiming a flitch of bacon at Dunmow Priory
is shortly to be revived.   Notice was given in
due form, on Tuesday last, that the happy couple
—who will be prepared to swear that, for twelve
months and a day, they had never made nuptial
transgression—offended each other in word or
deed—never wished themselves unmarried again,
but have continued true in thought and desire
will, as soon as qualified by time, which will
occur next month, attend, and demand the re-
ward.—Essex Standard.

The awarding of a flitch of bacon to married couples who can swear to not having regretted their marriage for a year and a day is an old tradition, the remnants of which still survive in Great Dunmow, Essex. The Dunmow tradition originated nearby at Little Dunmow, where it was practiced until the mid-eighteenth century. The origin of the custom is unknown, but according to tradition it was instituted by Robert Fitzwalter in the 13th century. 

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[A flitch is the side, or a steak cut from the side, of an animal or fish. The term now usually occurs only in connection with a side of salted and cured pork in the phrase a flitch of bacon]