What are superstitions about weddings?

Answer 1

Bridal Shower

- Save the ribbons from the shower gifts to make a mock bouquet to be used in the wedding rehearsal.

- The first gift the bride opens should be the first gift she uses.

- Everything the bride says when she opens her gifts will be repeated on her wedding night. Someone should be assigned to write down all of these comments during the shower.

- The person who gives the gift that is opened third will soon have a baby.

For a Lucky Bride

Something old,

Something new,

Something borrowed,

Something blue,

And a lucky sixpence

In her shoe.

Married in White, you have chosen right

Married in Grey, you will go far away,

Married in Black, you will wish yourself back,

Married in Red, you will wish yourself dead,

Married in Green, ashamed to be seen,

Married in Blue, you will always be true,

Married in Pearl, you will live in a whirl,

Married in Yellow, ashamed of your fellow,

Married in Brown, you will live in the town,

Married in Pink, you spirit will sink.

Wedding Day

- Certain days of the week and certain months of the year are better than others for a wedding.

Monday for health,

Tuesday for wealth,

Wednesday best of all,

Thursday for losses,

Friday for crosses,

Saturday for no luck at all

Married when the year is new, he'll be loving, kind & true,

When February birds do mate, You wed nor dread your fate.

If you wed when March winds blow, joy and sorrow both you'll know.

Marry in April when you can, Joy for Maiden & for Man.

Marry in the month of May, and you'll surely rue the day.

Marry when June roses grow, over land and sea you'll go.

Those who in July do wed, must labour for their daily bred.

Whoever wed in August be, many a change is sure to see

Marry in September's shrine, your living will be rich and fine.

If in October you do marry, love will come but riches tarry.

If you wed in bleak November, only joys will come, remember.

When December snows fall fast, marry and true love will last.

Other Beliefs

- If groom drops the wedding band during the ceremony the marriage is doomed.

- The new bride must enter her home by the main door and must not trip or fall (hence originated the custom of carrying the bride over the threshold).

- The spouse who sleeps first on the wedding day will be the first to die.

Good Omens on Your Wedding Day

- seeing a rainbow

- sunshine

- meeting a black cat

- meeting a chimney sweep

Bad Omens on Your Wedding Day

- a pig, lizard or hare running across the road

- meeting a nun or a monk foretells barrenness

- seeing an open grave

Wedding Cake

- If a single woman sleeps with a piece of wedding cake under her pillow she will dream of her future husband.

Answer 2

Everything about weddings has some superstition attached to it.

When you marry will determine what your marriage will be like.

Monday for wealth,

Tuesday for health,

Wednesday is the best day of all:

Thursday for crosses,

Friday for loses,

Saturday for no luck at all.

On the day of the wedding:

It is good luck for the bride to feed the family cat.

It is bad luck for her to meet a clergyman, a police officer, a doctor, a lawyer or a blind person on the way to the church.

It is unlucky for the bridal party to cross running water

It is unlucky for the groom to see the bride before the ceremony.

It is a good omen if a child cries during the ceremony.

And very bad luck to drop the wedding ring.

When leaving the church it is bad luck to meet a funeral or a pig, but good luck to encounter a chimney sweep.

Answer 3

Weddings have a number of superstitions surrounding them. Specifically, people believe that the husband should never see the bride prior to the wedding ceremony. Additionally, the bride should always wear "something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue" when she gets married.

Answer 4

To believe that marriage and procréation are obligations/duties ordered by god To believe that women will attain salvation by serving their husband, because the male is image of god and the female only his servant (cf. bad translations of Genesis 2)