Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-08-03
MATRIMONIAL SUPERSTITIONS.
Propitious Months-GOOd and Bad
Omens-Lucky and Unlucky Days.

Propiti0us Months-G00d and Bad
| Omens-Lucky and Unlucky Days.
Harper's Weekly.
There is no period in a woman's life
that so completely changes her whole ex-
istence as marriage, and for that very
reason she is apt to be more superstitious
and fanciful at that time than at any
other; and while superstitions are fast
becoming something of the past, there
are very few women who will not hesi :
tate before making Friday their we'd
ding day, or will not rejoice at the sun
shine, for "for happy is the bride that
the sun shines on" June and October
have always been held as the most pro-
pitiOus months in the twelve, happy
result being doubly certain if the cere-
mony was timed so as to take place at
| the full moon, or when the sun and
moon were in conjunction.
The Romans were very superstitious
about marrying in May or February.
They avoided all celebration days and
the Calends, Nones, and Ides of every
month. The day of the week on which
the 18th of May fell was considered very
unlucky in many parts of merry old
England, and in Orkney the bride selects
her wedding day so that its evening
may have growing moon and flowing
tide.
In Scotland the last day of the year is
thought to be lucky, and if the moon
should happen to be full at the time
when wedding takes place, the brides
cup OF happiness is expected to be al
ways full. In Pertshire the couple who
have had their bans published at the end
of one and are married at the beginning
of another quarter of year can expect
nothing but ends.
The day of the week is also of great
Importance, Sunday being great favor
ite in some parts of England and Ireland.
And although an English lass would
marry on Friday, the French girl thinks
the first Friday in the month particu-
larry fortunate. Most of US know the old
saying concerning the wedding day
Monday for wealth,
Tuesday for health,
Wednesday the best day of all,
Thursday for crosses,
Friday for losses,
Saturday no luck at all.
In Yorkshire, when the bride is on the
point of crossing her fathers threshold |
.ff rot, ha aI, 70
containing few square pieces of cake |
is thrown from an upper window of the
house by a male relative; if the plate is |
broken she shall be happy, if not she will |
not expect to escape misery.
In Sweden a bride must carry bread |
in her pocket, and as many pieces of'it |
as she can throw away, just 80 much |
trouble does she cast from her; but it is |
no luck to gather the pieces. But should |
the bride lose her slipper, then she will
lose old troubles, only in this case the
person who picks it up will gain riches.
The Manxmen put salt in their pockets,
and the Italians blessed charms.
1t is an unhappy omen for wedding
to be put off when the day has been fix
ed, and it is believed much harm will
ensue if bridegroom stands at the
juncture of crossroads or beside a closed |
gate OH his wedding morn. In England
it is thought to be bad sign if the
bride fails to shed tears on the happy
day, or if she indulges herself by taking
a last glance at the looking glass after
her toilet is completed, but she may
avert her danger if she leaves one hand
unglOved. To look back or go back be-
fore gaining the church door; to marry
in green, or while there is an open
grave in the churchyard, are all unfor-
tunate, and the bride must be careful to
go in one door and out of the other.
When the bridesmaids undress the
bride they must throw away and lose all
the pins. Woe to the bride if a single
one be left about herl Nothing will go
right. Woe to the bridesmaids if they
keep one of them, for they will not be
married before Whitsuntide or till the
Easter following at the very soonest.
If the bridal party should venture off
dry land, they must 60 up stream. The
bride must, to be lucky, wear
Something old and something new,
gold and something blue"
If she should see strange cat or hear
a cat sneeze on her wedding day, then
she will be very happy; and if on her
morning she steps from her bed {
on to something higher, and again on to
higher still, she will from
that moment rise in the world. For
this purpose table is placed beside the
bed, and if it can stand near the dresser
Dr. something higher than it, then she {
must step to that which is higher. But
woe betide her should she fall
In leaving the house and church she
must be very careful to put her right
foot forward, and on no account allow
any one to speak to her husband until ;
sine has called him by name.
To break the wedding ring is an omen l
that the wearer will soon become wild {
,w, but
"As the wedding ring wears,
So will wear away your cares"
Dickins and Goldsmith. /,
We cannot imagine tive styles more ,