To be married in anything but white garments indicates bad luck for the bride, white being emblematical of innocence.
They say that white is a heavenly hue.
Another has added,
It may be so, but the sky is blue.
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To be married in anything but white garments indicates bad luck for the bride, white being emblematical of innocence.
They say that white is a heavenly hue.
Another has added,
It may be so, but the sky is blue.
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 338.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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