THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY

Entries

• #351

  Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.

  Northern Ohio.
• #352

  If it rains on the wedding, the bride will cry all her married life.

  Talladega, Ala.
• #353

  To marry in a storm betokens an unhappy life.

  Peabody, Mass.
• #354

  It is unlucky to drop the ring at the marriage ceremony.

  New York.
• #355

  A bride must step over the church sill with her right foot.

  Orange Co., N. Y.
• #356

  A double wedding is unlucky; one of the marriages will be unhappy.

  Massachusetts.
• #357

  The pair to be married should stand in line with the cracks in the floor, and not at right angles to them.

  Omaha, Neb.
• #358

  When a couple are married and are driving off, if old shoes are thrown after them for good luck, and one of the shoes lodges on the coach or carriage, it is a sign that one of the party will die before the year is out.

  Waltham, Mass.
• #359

  After the marriage ceremony is performed, the one that walks first from the altar is the one who will die first, either bride or groom.

  Alabama.
• #360

  Old slippers or rice must be thrown after a bride for good luck.

  General in the United States.
• #361

  If the younger sister is married before the elder, the latter will have to dance in a pig’s trough.

  Western Massachusetts.
• #362

  Runaway matches will prove unlucky.

  New York.
• #363

  It is a sign of ill luck to take off the wedding ring.

  General in the United States.