Wednesday, August 11, 2010

TRADITIONS AND SUPERSTITIONS!

Weddings have been around for what seems like forever! Along with them have come many traditions and superstitions. Here are some I found to add a little fun to your day. Whether you want to follow them, or smile because of them, I thought it would be fun to share them.

Engagement

  • A woman should not marry a man whose last name starts with the same letter as her last name.
  • A woman should only ask a man to marry her during leap years, otherwise she risks a marriage that will not work out.
  • The bride should not take off her engagement ring until the wedding day, otherwise it is bad luck.
  • Engagement and wedding rings should be worn on the fourth finger of the left hand because that finger contains a vein that leads directly to the heart.

Wedding Day

  • The bride should not see an open grave on her wedding day.
  • If the bride cries on her wedding day, it’s a good sign – a sign that those will be the last tears she will shed during her entire marriage.
  • If the groom drops the wedding ring during the ceremony, the marriage will be blessed with good luck.
  • The vows should not be said after the hours of the day start rewinding, namely after 6 p.m.
  • Saturday is the least happiest day to have a wedding.
  • The groom should arrive at the church before the bride and should enter it with his right foot first.
  • The flower girl announces the arrival of the bride with flowers as a symbol of fertility.
  • If a younger sister gets married before her older sister, the older sister must dance barefoot at her younger sister’s wedding or she will never find a husband.
  • It is good luck to get married on the day of the week on which the groom was born and even on his birthday.

Wedding Attire

  • A bride should not make or even help make her own wedding dress
  • Borrowing a wedding dress means good luck to who is borrowing and bad luck to who is lending.
  • The bridesmaids’ role is to confuse the evil spirits, so that they don’t know who the bride is.
  • Wearing pearls on a wedding day means tears of sadness will be shed for each pearl.
  • The wedding veil protects the bride from evil spirits.
  • If the bride rips her wedding dress during the wedding day, it means her marriage will end with a death.
  • It is considered good luck if a bride finds a spider on her wedding dress on the day of the wedding.

Wedding Cake

  • The bride and groom cut the first slice of cake together so as to assure a lifetime of sharing.
  • The single women who attend the wedding should take a slice of wedding cakehome and place it under their pillow so as to dream with the man they will marry.

After the Wedding

  • The first person to fall asleep on the wedding night will be the first to die.
  • After the wedding and when entering her new home for the first time, the bride must not trip or fall, in order to assure a problem-free marriage. That is why it is tradition that the groom carry the bride over the threshold of the door of their new home after the wedding.
  • Throwing rice, flowers or confetti at the bride and groom is a symbol of fertility.

Monday, August 2, 2010

ERIKA AND WILL

Congratulations to Erika and Will! You both looked amazing :)

A BIG thank you to a great team!

Thompson Studios Photography

The Higgins Brothers live music and MC for the day

The Lange Farm