Wedding Superstitions

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:21 am

In the Italian culture, the groom has to carry a piece of iron in his pocket to keep the evil eye (mal'ochino) away from he and his bride. The iron is suppose to reflect the evil spirits and banish them.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:50 am

It is bad luck for the bride to try on her wedding gown before the wedding day. If she does, most likely that the wedding ceremony will not go through

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:29 pm

June Wedding. It was customary for Romans to marry in June to honor the queen of the gods,Juno--who was also the goddess of women.They hoped to win her favor to make the marriage last,and make childbirth easier.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:42 pm

Carrying The Bride Over The Threshold.--Romans thought good and evil spirts hung around the entrance of a home. They also believed that if you walked into your house left foot first,the evil spirits won. So to be sure the bride--whom Romans figured was "in a highly emotional state and very apt to be careless"--didn't accidentally step into her new home with the wrong foot,the groom just picked her up and carried her.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:27 pm

Reception Speech,

In pre-Christian Rome,newlyweds hired an "official joker" to tell stories to guest during the reception.The Romans believed that "unclean" thoughts in the minds of guest turned the attention of vengeful gods away from the newlyweds,which helped protect them from evil.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:16 am

Decorating the Wedding Car--

In medieval France, when a couple was unpopular,people derided them publicly by banging on pots,kettles,etc. This was a charivari, or "rough serenade." In American it became a shivaree, and people got the treatment from friends. This gave way to a new custom--trying to keep a couple from consummating their marriage by making noise at their windows.When newlyweds began leaving weddings by car, the only way to harass them was to deface the vehicle.

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