, 1876-11-18
Ancient Marriage SuperStitlOnS.

civilized nations, we have not entirely
rid our minds of these superstltions,
and warrant there is never a bTlde
/ bat INDUCES herself in looking for
some happy omen. Even people are
dauntless enough TO be married on
/ Friday. and we all have the most un-
/ limited confidence in the old shoe
thrown after the newly married pair.
/ Nearly every bride Of TO day wears
abort her when she Is married some
tifiiug thing borrowed from a lady
friend, and all know that " BIest Is
the bride on whom the sun doth shine,
and are equally certain tnat
To change the name aR3 not the letter
Is a change for the wosst ana not Tor the better
Som, gniIe Indefinitely, Ii Is wonder
fuI how these ancient signs are hand
cd down from generation TO genera
ton and how imroient reason Is TO
do away with their hold upon the
human mind. Say what you viii, We
are naturally given to superstItIuu~
feus, and there are few people WHO
are not more or less affected by theme.
! Bat let us recall : few OF the cd be-
hets concerning marriage spperstitlonS-
In the earlier weddings We read Of
among The Jews, We fad that the
fourth day Of The week WAS consider
ed an unIucky day for virgins 10 wed,
and the fifth day for widows. The
Romans also believed that certain
DAYS were unfAyoTabIe :or the perior>
nance Of marriage rites, and these
were the Kaiends, Ntues and Ides of
every month, the whole months of
February and May, and many OF their
festivals. June was considered the
most propiJious month Of Of the year
for mairlmony, especially il the day
chosen were that OF a fall moon, or
The corjunction Of the sun and moon.
The month Of May was especially
20 be avoided, as Ii wa, under the III
huence OF spirits ayerse 10 happy
households, for centuries this super
stiJion seemed 10 prevail in Italy
against May marriages, and even to
this day it prevails in some parts Of
England and our own county. In
China marriages are positively pro
hibiled III certain times and seasons,
on account Of their being unIucky.
There was at one line q superligion
current i'll England against marrying
Oh Innocent's Day, the 2S;h of De
cember, day Of Ill omen, because it
was the ore which communicated
IIerJd's massacre Of the children
And it Is still thought unIucky to
marry in Lent. " Marry in Lent and
you'll live to repent" An old line
also says, " May never was a month
Of love-" and ano her, " Who mar
ries between We sickle and We scythe
will never strive" The old rhyme
that we have all heard tells US to
marry Oh
Monday for wealth,
TueSlly Tor health,
/ Melntslay the lest LAY Of all;
| IlUJ-lHy ilg crosses,
! HII-y tor losses,
! Saturday Uu luck go all
4. one time ii was thought that all
those who married on Tuesdays and
Thursdays would be happy. Among
! the Romans, 10 marriage was celebra
ted without al augur being first con-
suited.
In the middle ages it was consider
ed An III omen II Tie bridal party, in
going to church, met a monk, priest,
dog, goat, lizard OF serpent; while all
would go well if wolf, spider or
toad were encountered.
1t is lucky if the initials of we'd
ded coupe spell a word.
In the south OF England it is said to
be unlucby for bride TO look In the
glass after she Is completely dress, d
before she goc, 20 church, SO a glove
or some other article is put on after
the last look has been taken in the mir
ror. Gray horses at a wedding are
luck. IL Is supposed 10 Ue unlucky It
wife does not weep on her wedding day
In Scotland 1t Is considered an unhap
py omen if a couple are disappointed
IN setung married Oh the day first
fixed for the purpoSe.
In the Isle of Man it is believed
| that it InSures good luck to carry salt
IN the pocket when going to be mar
ried. In Hu | IL Is considered unlucky
to 60 in at one d, or ana 90 ont at an
other when person gets married.
| Whoever goes 10 sleep first Oh the
wedding night dies first
If there Is an cdl number Of guests
at wedding, one is sure TO die within
| the succeeding twelve months.
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