Weddings
Married in white, you've 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 a 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 yourslef black
A bride should never wear her entire bridal outfit before the wedding.
It's unluckyu for the groom to see his bride in the wedding dress before she arrives at the ceremony.
It's unlucky for a bride to make her own wedding dress.
The veil is worn to disguise the bride as so to outwit evil spirits.
Bridesmaids dress similar to the bride so to further confuse evil spirits.
The combination of red and white flowers is avoided because those colors resemble blood and bandages.
Friend or family members used to go speak to the prospective brides family on the grooms behalf and if they saw a blind man, monk, or pregnant woman the marriage was doomed, but if the saw a nanny goat, pigeons, or wolves the marriage would be successful.
To change the name and not the letter is to change for the worst and not the better.
The bride should not practice writing her new name before the wedding, it brings bad luck by tempting fate.
Monday for wealth
Tuesday for health
Wednesday the best day of all
Thursday for losses
Friday for crosses
Saturday for no luck at all
The groom should carry the bride over the threshold of their new home, because if she falls when entering they will have bad luck.
When the best man is paying the church ministers fee he should pay him an odd sum so to bring luck to the newly weds.
