Wedding Customs & Superstitions

When marriages are concerned, there are many customs and traditions. Some of you have heard of May and resume in your plans in May and some surprises for you.

Customs & superstitions such as "something old, something new ... .. or no chance for the groom to see the bride in her dress before the ceremony, are well known and still respected by many pairs of today. Other lesser-known customs have evolved in different regions of the world or have been passed through generations of the same family.

Customs & superstitions are part of the marriage and are followed in the hope of fortune and good luck to an important moment in the lives of two people.

The following list describes some of the well known and lesser-known traditions associated with weddings, with a brief explanation of the meaning behind them.

The proposal - Traditionally, the proposal is an example and a suitor can send family members to seek the hand of his fiancée. While en route they saw a blind man, a monk or a pregnant woman, were regarded as bad omens and the marriage was doomed to failure. If we saw a goat, pigeons or wolves, they are omens of good luck and fortune.

Surnames - it has often been unlucky to marry a man with a name beginning with the letter of the bride. The sentence was:

"To change the name and the letter is not to change for the worse, not better"

It was also considered bad luck and try to become the wife to practice her new name before marriage.

The choice of the day - Today, it is common that the marriage will take place on Saturday, but in the past, it was considered inappropriate. Friday was also a lucky day, especially if the date of 13. The month during which you will marry is to choose carefully. May was seen as an opportunity for many reasons, particularly in May, is the time to celebrate the pagan feast of Beltane orgies with the outside world. Lent is also seen as inappropriate because it is a time of abstinence. June, however, was lucky that the month is the name of Juno, the Roman goddess of love and marriage.

Something old, Something new ...

"Something old, something new. Something Borrowed, something blue. Sixpence and money in your shoe"

The famous poem of origin to the Victorian era, but he thought some to be older. Represents something old friends that we hope to stay in the marriage and was symbolized by the giving of a garter of the bride by a newly married woman in the hope of happiness will be transmitted.

Represents something new couples of the future, I hope happy and prosperous.

Something borrowed is often a high point value given by the family of the bride. This article must be returned to ensure good luck. Something blue of origin in ancient Israel where the bride would wear a blue ribbon in her hair to represent fidelity.

A Silver Sixpence in the shoe to ensure wealth. Today, the wives of a penny.

The Wedding Dress & Veil - It was considered inappropriate for the bride to make her own wedding dress, and she should not wear the costume together before the wedding day. The tradition of wearing white, symbolizing Maidenhood, began in the 16th century.

The veil was designed to protect women, it was considered would thank you for the evil spirits and evil. In some countries, it symbolizes modesty and chastity.

Flowers - Flowers have long been traditional marriages, but the types and colors were carefully chosen. Orange flower symbolizes purity and chastity, while peonies have been avoided, because they are ashamed. An arrangement of red and white flowers was also avoided, because they represent blood and bandages. The tradition of the grooms buttonhole, do the same as the flowers of the bouquet of the bride, comes from medieval times when a knight had to wear the colors of his lady as a symbol of his love.

Crossing the threshold - When the couple returned to the house for the first time after marriage, the bride must enter through the main entrance, but it is uncertain to the groom should wear his over the threshold. A superstition that the bride falls on bad luck, it should fall to the entry or another said she should not enter with the left foot first. Both can be avoided if it is guaranteed! Another possible explanation has its origins in the Anglo-Saxon times when the groom has stolen his wife and his party!