Why do they shout "bitterly" at the wedding?

We used to shout at the wedding table "bitterly!". But few know where this strange custom came from. There are several different opinions, let's look at them.

According to one version, the original custom of kissingafter shouting "bitterly" did not look like it is today. In the old days in Russia during the wedding feast the bride bypassed guests with a tray and glasses of vodka. Each of the invited (I note that the custom only concerned men) put a coin on the tray and took vodka. He drank and in proof that they brought him vodka, and nothing else, pronounced "bitterly!". And then ... kissed the bride. Yes, it was the guests, and not the groom, who kissed the young. This is one of the versions, why they shout "bitterly" at the wedding. Gradually, the custom changed, maybe because it was not very nice for the groom to watch his friends kissing their beloved. Now the "monopoly" of the kisses on the kisses was entrusted to the groom. But the cry "bitterly!" Remained.

This is only one of the versions, why they scream bitterlyat the wedding. On the other, instead of "bitter!" Before it was customary to shout "hill!", Because weddings were celebrated mainly in the winter. And one of the traditional fun was a game, like "king of the mountain." The bride and her friends stood on the ice slide, and the groom and friends tried to get there to kiss the girls. The rest of the guests cheered the youth with screams "a hill!". Later, the cry was transformed into "bitter!". But why this happened, the authors of this version do not explain.

There are still many versions of the origin of this custom. For example, that screaming "bitterly!", The guests meant the bitterness of parting the bride with her home. Or that in this way friends and relatives wanted to leave all the bitterness of quarrels and disputes at the wedding table so that the young people's future life was as sweet as honey.