- Find a spider in your wedding dress will bring good luck by the English
- .If you get married on Monday, traditionally in England, it stands for wealth, Tuesday for health, and Wednesday is the most popular and best day to wed.
- Greek culture believes that if the bride places a sugar cube into her glove is will sweeten their marriage.
- English folklore believes that Saturday is a day that is unlucky for getting married.
- Rain on your wedding day is supposed to bring you good luck.
- If you are being wed in Czech Republic, peas will be thrown at your wedding instead of rice.
- The first wedding dress was worn by Queen Victoria in 1840.
- A new fire was lit in the hearths of the newlyweds by the bride and grooms parents in South Africa throughout history.
- Talk about a break from the cooking. The bride’s family by custom in Egypt would do all the cooking for the week right after the wedding.
- A pearl engagement is shaped similar to a tear and is thought to bring bad luck.
- In the United States, seventeen tons of gold is used each year to produce wedding rings.
- In Egypt, if you are, the bride to be and you find yourself being pinched by Egyptian women; this is thought to bring you good luck.
- In Sweden, the bride to be places a gold coin from her mother in one shoe and a silver coin from her father in the other. This is supposed to make sure that their daughter never goes without.
- Prior to the wedding, in Morocco, the bride to be takes a bath in milk to purify herself.
- In the Middle East, brides to be paint henna on their feet and hands to ward off the evil eye.
- Engagement and wedding rings are worn on the left hand and on the fourth finger because during ancient times it was believed that a vein in the finger was directly attached to the hear.
- A pine tree is planted outside the home of newlywed in Holland as a sign of luck and fertility.
- The term “tie the Knot” originated in Roman times. The bride wore a girdle on her wedding day that was tied in knots. The groom of course had to untie the knots after the wedding.
- The wearing of a veil to ward off evil spirits for the bride dates back to ancient Greeks and Romans.
- June is one of the most popular months for weddings, the reason being the Roman goddess Juno is the ruler over the hearth, childbirth and marriage.
- One of the earliest engagement rings found throughout history was given to Princess Mary at the age of two. Princess Mary was the daughter of Henry VIII.
- Brides in Korea, where bright colors of yellow and red on their wedding day.
- Total confusion for evil spirits and others that do not know the tradition, in Denmark. The bride and groom wear one another’s clothing during the wedding ceremony.
- Something blue that brides wear is a sign of love, fidelity and purity.
- The groom carries the bride over the threshold to protect her from any evil spirits that may be hiding below
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