WEDDING SUPERSTITIONS

"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more. That plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.” — Nicholas Sparks

BRITAIN

• Throwing colorful paper confetti or rice at the bride and groom as they leave the church after the ceremony.

• If the younger of two sisters marries first, the older sister must dance barefoot at the wedding or risk never landing a husband.
• It is bad luck for the groom to see the bride in her wedding gown before they are married.
• Rain is considered an omen of good luck on the morning of the wedding ceremony.
• It is customary for the bride to be given a decorative horseshoe, which she carries on her wrist. These days the horseshoes are rarely real, but instead light-weight versions are manufactured specifically for weddings. The horseshoe is given for good luck.

• The English believe a spider found in a wedding dress means good luck.

• The bride should have something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a silver sixpence in her shoe for  good luck.      

BELARUS

• Throwing rice and sweets at the bride and groom as they leave the church after the ceremony.

•  If the younger of two sisters marries first, the older sister must dance barefoot at the wedding or risk never landing a husband.

• It is bad luck for the groom to see the bride in her wedding gown before they are married.
• Rain is considered an omen of good luck on the morning of the wedding ceremony.
• It is customary for the bride to wear a red ribbon under her wedding gown and have some salt with her to avoid evil spirits.
• The newlyweds should have similar dishes and their glasses should be of the red colour, as the red colour in our culture is an amulet against the evil eye.
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