her and take her from bar to bar. The best man of the bride, her father, or the groom pays the bill each time. The kidnappers then go to a certain place, such as a public building, and leave a few pointers to help for searching. The exemption may be associated with a task for the groom, for example an artistic performance or wash the dishes for the next few weeks. In Austria and Bavaria (usually at country weddings), it is now customary to sing a derisive song before the freeing of the bride. In Lower Austria it is customary for a masked men and the bride to go to the nearest coffee bar or tavern to drink, sing and to wait for the groom to come. In most areas of Austria it is the best man, sometimes the groom or the bride's father (rarely the best man) that pays the price of the kidnappers. This custom is due to the supposed 'right of the first night' (German 'Recht der ersten Nacht', French 'droit de cuissage') in the Middle Ages. According to myth the clergy and nobility in the Middle Ages had the right to have sex with their female subordinates in their wedding night. The bride was retrieved (kidnapped) from the vassals of the government from their Weddings. The historiography sees this rite as a literary fiction. In Bavaria and Western Austria another tradition is to wake up the bride early in the morning with a gun shoot or firecrackers on wedding day. Friends and neighbours meet at dawn at the bride's house to "greet" her on her special day. Baumstamm sägen, the tradition of cutting a log together, represents the first obstacle that the couple must overcome in their marriage. They must work together to overcome the obstacle by sawing through the log. Using a large, long saw with two handles, the couple demonstrates their teamwork to friends and family. Greek customs Two or three days before the wedding, the couple organizes a celebration called Krevati (Greek for bed) in their new home. In Krevati, friends and relatives of the couple put money and young children on the couple's new bed for prosperity and fertility in their life. After the custom, they usually have a party with food and music. On the day of the wedding, usually Saturday, but also Friday or Sunday, the groom cannot see the