The Origin of "Honeymoon."

The etymology of the word honeymoon is thus given by a good authority:-

Among the northern nations of Europe it was an ancient practice for newly married couples to drink metheglin or mead (a kind of wine made from honey), for thirty days after marriage. Hence the term, honey-month or honeymoon. Attila, the Hun, is said to have drunk so much mead at his wedding feast that he died from the effects of it.

"Hyblean bliss," a term so frequently used by poets, means "honeyed bliss," from Hybla, a town in Sicily famous for its honey.