Marriage by capture was a thing in ye olden days, with the groom and his pals "kidnapping" the bride. Since posting nasty comments on Facebook wouldn't happen for centuries, people who didn't approve of the marriage did the next best thing: they tried to steal the bride away from her intended. Posse to the rescue! In later years, a group of the bride's friends accompanied her to the groom's house on the wedding day with everyone dressing like the bride to confuse snubbed suitors and bad folks who wanted to do her harm.