Weird Things About Weddings That You Probably Didn't Know
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Wedding day is filled with traditions which had been practicing around for hundreds and hundreds of years even though the brides would not be realizing it. One among them but the first is that on their wedding day bride and groom would not be meeting until the marriage ceremony is over. For that, the reason is even the glimpse of each other would be bringing bad luck.
Traditionally a bride over her face will wear a veil and will be also wearing a white dress which shows her purity. For preventing the singling of Devil on the bride for his evil intentions, in the past the veils were wore by the bridesmaids also. It is quite common to wear something old (acts as a reminder of her past life)for a bride, something new (showing a new life coming ahead) and also something that is blue which is a color that had been connected with weddings since the time of Roman.
For several years a wedding bouquet was popular with a slim spray of lilies. They are now once again back in fashion even though the designs were changed in near time. Lilies are purity symbols as they are white. It is also said after Eve was banned from the Eden Garden they have grown from wet soil by the tears of Eve. To the bridegroom who is waiting, the bride is handed over by her father at the wedding ceremony. With ancient traditions this custom is followed. The bride will be passed over to the bridegroom for his safekeeping as she had been the property of her father. It is a symbol of her home leaving and her feet will be now on her husband's hearth, the shoes will be tied on the back of the bridal car.
When the time comes for placing the ring on the finger of bride, the bridegrooms will be slipping the ring on to her third finger while she holds her left hand forward. Into the heart a vein of this finger is said to have a straight run! Traditionally guests will be showering with rice or confetti, or flower petals when the couples leave the church. This custom of rice throwing at weddings goes back to times of Roman. The rice is always fertility associated as it is a crop that grows quickly. Over the heads of newly wed the Romans will be breaking small cakes.
Outside the church sometimes the chimney sweeps are seen mingling with the guests. As it gives the bride a black cat cardboard cut-out, they are also connected with good luck bringing. Yet another good luck symbol is the artificial horseshoes. To counteract the Devil's evil eye, on the house walls the Romans used to nail horseshoes.
Often the bride will be throwing her bouquet to her bridesmaids before she leave her wedding party, and it hopes that one who catches it will be becoming the next bride. It is a custom of the bridegroom to carry the bride over to the threshold of new life when she arrives at her new home. Later of that particular day, they will be having what is called ‘the first night'. It means the first night in which they have slept together.
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English Wedding Traditions?
I've tried to look it up online and here's what I've found:
Mother wears a big hat
Holding a horseshoe down the aisle
Flowergirl putting petals all the way to the church
Bridesmaids sew a charm on the hem of the dress
Bridesmaids have charms between cake layers w/ a ribbon
Does anyone have any other suggestions? Any good venues in London? Or traditions? Thanks!
I'm English and i've never heard of most of them lol
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a silver six-pence in your shoe.
Yep, the big hat, thats true! (Tho big hats are generally reserved for Ascott lol)
Tossing the bouquet, but the garter is done rarely (tho it becoming more fashionable)
The traditional rhyme for the wedding dress colour:
Married in White, you have chosen right,
Married in Blue, your love will always be true,
Married in Pearl, you will live in a whirl,
Married in Brown, you will live in town,
Married in Red, you will wish yourself dead,
Married in Yellow, ashamed of your fellow,
Married in Green, ashamed to be seen,
Married in Pink, your spirit will sink,
Married in Grey, you will go far away,
Married in Black, you will wish yourself back.
Limousines are rare, unless in the city. They are not very practical on small, winding roads. Transport usually is by Rolls Royce or vintage car.
There is no such thing as a "shower." Wedding gifts are brought to the reception, or delivered directly to the couple before the wedding. Gifts are not usually opened until after the honeymoon, and then the thank you cards are sent.
The wedding cake is normally a rich fruitcake topped with marzipan and royal icing (hard white icing); Its can be kept for years, the top tier is called a "christening cake" to be saved for the birth of the first child. (Old fashioned fruitcake dates back to the days before leavening and sugar.)
The bridegroom rarely wears a tuxedo - only at a very large, formal wedding. Business suits are normal. The bridegroom has a best man, who also wears a business suit.
We have Stag do's (parties) and Hen nights, rather than the American "Buck"?
Weddings are traditionally held at noon; afterward there is a seated luncheon or dinner called a "wedding breakfast".
I've heard american have a thing called a dolar dance, not quite sure what it is, but we don't have it here.
Apparently in America the bride and grooms feeds eachother some cake, we don't do that here.
The bride should not be seen by her future husband until she arrives at church (or register office), and especially he should never see her trying on her wedding dress.
She is "given away" by her father or another male relative (an echo of the days when she had no say whatsoever in the matter, and went from belonging to her father to belonging to her husband).
The bridesmaids should all be unmarried except for one "matron of honour" (having one married one is optional, but there is not usually more than one).
While adult bridesmaids are usually friends of the bride, any child bridesmaids and pages are usually family members.
Hope this helps!
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