Wedding Traditions

[Élistariel]

Does anyone have any family traditions for weddings? I'm not talking the "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue."
I found this website about and orange blossom and thought it was sweet that her descendants used it as well.
http://www.conephoto.com/genealogy/orange.htm

I don't know if my family has any. I do know my gran borrowed her dress from her sister in law. I think my gran and my mom both wore a pearl necklace. I can't really tell because of the neckline of my mom's dress. I can see a necklance, but I can't tell what kind it was. My mom wore a hat instead of a veil. I wish I knew what my ancestors wore, but I don't.

[Seren_]

My mum and gran always said it's bad luck to wear your wedding dress again after your wedding day. That's the only wedding related thing I can think of...

[Morr]

Hmmm...

Nothing that I know of...

Sorry!

Looking forward to others' responses though!

[Chesna]

I am not sure if it is a traditon..well...maybe it is...all of my cousins and I carried our great (or another great) grandmothers hanky. It had real lace and very delicatre. My mom got so pised that I got makeup on it!! We forgot to put kleenex by me and I needed something!!

Otherwise I also had my other grandmothers bible. Actually my mom held it, but it was there..I felt part of my grandma was there then.

Chesna

[MysticWitch]

Yes. We bang on the sides of our plates and wind glasses with butter knives to get the bride and groom to kiss :D

[Élistariel]

I remember reading in a cousins' wedding article that she put a coin in her shoe. It said it was a family tradition, but I don't know if it was from her father's side or my aunt's (her mother's).

I have an article of when another aunt was married. It mentions pearl earrings from her husband. My gran, her sister got a pearl necklace from my pop. My aunt also carried a white bible. (As did my gran),. Ooh and my aunt had a sixpence in her shoe. So maybe it is from my side. Hmm.

I'll have to ask about the sixpence thing sometime. I know my mom didn't have one, not with the shoes she wore. :lol:

I do have an Irish twopence. :tongueout
No one can remember how we got it, none of us have ever been to Ireland.

[Chesna]

I have heard that the coin the shoe dates back a while..i think its supposed to bring you luck or something..but not sure..i am sure a search on the net would come up with something.

Chesna

[RubyRose]

Nothing that I know of...