Incorporating
wedding traditions in your wedding day is a wonderful and fun
way of celebrating and recognising the historical importance
of marriage within a modern context. Listed below are many of
the traditions that are still popular throughout the United
Kingdom today. As we stumble across more while we research our
articles, we will add them to our list. We should add that we
have come across several explanations for most traditions during
our research and have documented here the most frequently occurring.
Also, many of the traditions date back many hundreds of years
and consequently their origins are not fully known although
most have their roots in ancient superstitious beliefs. So,
if you read other explanations elsewhere, don't be surprised
since there are many about and they all sound plausible.
The
full wording of this popular bridal attire rhyme, which dates
back to the Victorian times is 'something old, something new,
something borrowed, something blue and a silver
sixpence in your shoe.' Something old refers to wearing
something that represents a link with the bride's family and
her old life. Usually, the bride wears a piece of family jewellery
or maybe her mother's or grandmother's wedding dress.
Wearing something new represents good fortune and success
in the bride's new life. The bride's wedding
dress is usually chosen, if purchased new, but it can
be any other new item of the bride's wedding attire.
Wearing something borrowed, which has already been worn by
a happy bride at her wedding, is meant to bring good luck
to the marriage. Something borrowed could be an item of bridal
clothing, a handkerchief or an item of jewellery.
Wearing something blue dates back to biblical times when the
colour blue was considered to represent purity and fidelity.
Over time this has evolved from wearing a blue clothing to
wearing a blue band around the bottom of the bride's dress
and to modern times where the bride wears a blue or blue-trimmed
garter.
Placing
a silver
sixpence in the bride's left shoe is a symbol of wealth.
This is not just to bring the bride financial wealth but also
a wealth of happiness and joy throughout her married life.
Why not treat yourself to a real silver
sixpence from our online store?
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