Question
Ophelia Settle Egypt’s manuscript Raggedy Thorns includes an entire chapter titled for this custom. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this custom popularized in the modern-day by the miniseries Roots. The words “til death or distance” are said during this ritual practiced by antebellum slaves, which, in part, symbolized a wife’s commitment to her new household.
ANSWER: jumping the broom [accept similar answers; accept besom in place of broom; accept broomstick weddings and similar; prompt on partial answer; prompt on informal or irregular marriage; prompt on slave marriage]
[10h] It has been suggested that the broom’s reversal recreated this line that separates our world from the ancestral plane on the Kongo cosmogram. Though it is named for the fiery spark of creation, this line is described as a river.
ANSWER: Kalûnga Line
[10e] Tyler D. Parry’s book on the surprising multicultural origins of broomstick marriages traced it back to Romani communities in this country. St. David is the patron saint of this country, whose myths make up the Mabinogion.
ANSWER: Wales [prompt on United Kingdom or UK]
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Summary
| 2023 Chicago Open | 08/05/2023 | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Hang et al., Robert Browning | BHSU | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble | remembrance of lost time | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Evans Hall destruction awaiters | In Search of Things Past | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | Quasicrystal Silence | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Saint Peter Andre 3000 | Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| The Canadians | Team Name Think Detail | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.) | wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |