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| Honored Wedding Traditions |  ●The tradition for the bride to wear white began in the 16th century and is still commonly followed today. It is a symbol of the bride's purity and her worthiness of her groom. This tradition became solidified during the time of Queen Victoria who rebelled against the royal tradition for Royal brides to wear silver. In place, the queen preferred the symbolism which is expressed by wearing white. But, the brides of the time quickly emulated the queen, and the tradition has continued in full force to this day.
● "The bride wore a green gown". This means the belief that she was promiscuous before marriage and refers to the image of her rolling around in grassy fields with a young man.
●Traditionally brides have been thought to be particularly defenceless to evil spirits. Many wedding customs and traditions were originated as an attempt to fight away such evil.
●The bridal veil was worn with the belief that it would disguise the bride and fool the evil spirits. In Britain the veil came to symbolize modesty and chastity.
Today, the veil remains the ultimate symbol of virginity.
●It is believed that a final look in the mirror right before the bride leaves her home for the ceremony will bring good luck. And vice verse, if she looks in a mirror once again before the ceremony, her luck will tarnish to bad!
●Also it is believed to be bad luck for the bride to make her own wedding dress and to wear her complete outfit before the wedding day. In addition to this, some brides leave a final stitch on the dress undone until the day of the wedding for good luck.
● "To change the name and not the letter, is to expect the worst and not the better!" This notion means that it is thought to be unlucky to marry a man whose last name begins with the same first letter as your own.
●If you see a lamb, frog, spider, black cat, or rainbows on the way to the ceremony is believed to be a sign of good luck!
●If you see an open grave, pig, or lizard on the way to the ceremony, or hearing a crow after dawn on the morning of the wedding are all thought to be omens of bad luck.
●Formerly, if a young man encountered a blind person, a pregnant woman, or a monk while on his way to propose to his intended bride, it was believed that the marriage would be doomed if he continued along because these images were thought to be bad omens.
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