Bridal Superstitions.
Superstitions regarding marriage
are cortiirion.-l^ ' all: parts of the world. One is that a bride, on leaving her home for the wedding trip, .must step into the carriage right foot first. She should do the same when she first enters the home prepared for her after the bridal trip. . A pretty, custom which is tinged- with superstition is that of the bride, as she is about to leave her home after the ceremony, tossing her bouquet among her female friends. The one who catches it, it is said, will be the next bride. A favourite wedding day in Scotland is December 31st, so that the young couple can leave their old life with the old year and begintheir married life with the new one. Tn Italy no shar^-pointed wedding gifts are permitted.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 October 1914, Page 2
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134Bridal Superstitions. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 October 1914, Page 2
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