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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Wedding Traditions & Superstitions


I love wedding traditions! I think it's fun when brides and grooms pull fun or meaningful customs and traditions from the past. Here are a few fun ones from theknot.com:
  • The English believe a spider found in a wedding dress means good luck. Yikes!
  • Saturday is the unluckiest wedding day, according to English folklore. Funny -- it's the most popular day of the week to marry!
  • Rain on your wedding day is actually considered good luck, according to Hindu tradition!
  • Peas are thrown at Czech newlyweds instead of rice.
  • In the symbolic language of jewels, a sapphire in a wedding ring means marital happiness.
  • Aquamarine represents marital harmony and is said to ensure a long, happy marriage.
  • In Egypt, the bride's family traditionally does all the cooking for a week after the wedding, so the couple can…relax.
  • The custom of tiered cakes emerged from a game where the bride and groom attempted to kiss over an ever-higher cake without knocking it over.
  • The bride stands to the groom's left during a Christian ceremony, because in bygone days the groom needed his right hand free to fight off other suitors.
You can read more wedding traditions on theknot.com:
Wedding Traditions & Superstitions: 50 Wedding Facts & Trivia

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