future husband. The throwing of confetti is an ancient fertility rite. Handfuls of grain or
nuts were traditionally thrown because they are ‘life-giving’ seeds. In some European countries, eggs are thrown instead, and in Italy, sweets.
Walking is thought to be the best way of getting to the church, as there’s more chance of spotting lucky omens such as a rainbow, a black cat or a chimney sweep (and it is still possible to hire one to attend the wedding ceremony). Bad omens include seeing a pig, hare or lizard running across the road, spotting an open grave or monks and nuns who foretell barrenness and a life dependant on charity.
Presently, Saturday is the busiest day for marriages, despite the rhyme
that warns ‘Saturday for no luck at all’ – evidently showing some of the old superstitions are now ignored, depending on their practicality. As for the time of year, the saying ‘Marry in the month of May, and you’ll live to rue the day’ dates back to Pagan times, while June would be considered a lucky month as it is named after Juno, the Roman goddess of love and marriage.
Until the nineteen hundreds, brides hardly ever bought a special wedding
dress, instead picking out their best outfit. Green was generally avoided though as the phrase ‘the girl had a green gown’ also implied she was of loose morals - her dress being grass-stained from rolling around in fields. Tradition states that the bride never try on the entire outfit (or practise signing her new name) until the big day, to avoid ‘counting one’s chickens’.
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tradition of royals marrying in silver, made white dresses popular. Symbolising purity and virginity, white was also thought to ward off evil spirits, which were apparently so rife at these occasions. In fact both traditions of wearing a veil and surrounding the bride with similarly richly dressed bridesmaids evolved in order to disguise the bride and confuse said spirits.
After the reception the bride throws
her bouquet over her shoulder where the unmarried female guest group together; the one who catches it being the next one of those present to marry. In a similar fashion, the groom may remove the garter worn by the bride and throw it back over his shoulder toward the unmarried male guests.
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