Wedding Facts

Today I thought I'd share with you some interesting facts about weddings that I've been gathering the past few months:

 

• Brides carry or wear "something old" on their wedding day to symbolize continuity with the past.
• The "something blue" in a bridal ensemble symbolizes purity, fidelity, and love.
• Tie the knot comes from Roman times, when the bride wore a girdle tied in knots that the groom later untied.
• About 70% of all brides sport the traditional diamond on the fourth finger of their left hand
• The bride stands to the groom's left during a Christian ceremony, because in bygone days the groom needed his right hand free to fight off other suitors.
• Engagement and wedding rings are worn on the 4th finger of the left hand because it was thought that a vein in that finger led directly to the heart. The vein was called vena amori, or the vein of love, and early writings on matrimonial procedure suggested that it would be appropriate for one's wedding ring to be worn on that special finger.
• Queen Victoria started the Western world's white wedding dress trend in 1840 - before then, brides simply wore their best dress.
• In English tradition, Wednesday is considered the "best day" to marry, although Monday is for wealth and Tuesday is for health. Saturday is the unluckiest wedding day, according to English folklore. Funny, it's the most popular day of the week to marry!
• British law states that for a wedding in the UK to be legal the venue needs to be licensed by the local registrar it must have a roof and be moored to its foundations, and must take place between 8am and 6pm, an antiquated law first drawn up before electricity to stop people accidentally marrying the wrong person in the dark!

The Any Campaign has been set-up to try to get these laws relaxed so that we can all have the wedding of our dreams!  Please visit their website and sign the petition - I have!

 

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