The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-01-22
NO. 43
Charmed Secrets.
SUGGESTIONS AND CEREMONY WHICH
MAKE THE HISTORY OF MARRIAGE.
Every Other saturday IA .h

sUPERSTITIoNs AND CEREMONY WHICH
MAKE THE HISTORY OF MARRIAGE.
EVERY Other saturday. n u.s.
There is perhaps no period in woman's
life that so completely changes her whole
existence as marriage, and for that very
reason she is apt to be more superstitious
and fanciful at that time than any other
and while superstitions are fast becoming
something Of the past, there are very
few women who will not hesitate before
making their wedding-day, OF will not re-
Joice at the sunshine, for happy is the
bride the sun shines on. y
June and October have always been held
as the most propitious months in the
twelve, a happy result being rendered
doubly certain if the ceremony was timed
so as to take place at the full moon, or
when the sun and moon were in conjunc-
ton.
The Romans were very superstitious about
marrying in May or February they avoid
ed all celebration days and the kalends,
nones, and ides Of every month.
The day Of the week on which the 18th
day of May fell was considered very I'M
lucky in many parts of merry old Eng
land, " and in the Orkney Islands bride
selects her wedding-day so that its evening
may have a 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 any time when
a wedding takes place the brides cup of
happiness is expected to be always full.
In Perthshire the couple who have had
their hanns published at the end of one
and are married at the beginning of an
other quarter of a year can expect nothing
| but ends.
The day of the week is also of great i'm
portance, Sunday being a great favorite in
some parts of England and Ireland.
| And, although an English lass would not
marryon Friday, the French girl thinks
the first Friday in the month particularly
fortunate. Most of US know the old say
ing 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 AL.
In Yorkshire. when the bride is on the
point Of crossing her fathers threshold
after returning from church, plate, con-
| tanning few small pieces of cake, is
thrown from an upper window by a male
relative If the plate is broken she will
be happy; if not, she will not expect to
escape misery.
In Sweden bride must carry bread in
her pocket, and as many pieces Of it as
she can throw away just so much trouble
| does she cast from her, but it is no luck to
| gather the pieces. Should the bride lose
her slipper, then she will lose all trouble.
| 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 fixed,
and tits believed that much harm will en-
sue If a bridegroom stands at the junction
| of crossroads or. beside closed gate ON
his wedding-morn.
| In England it is thought to be bad
| sign ii the bride fails to shed tears on the
| happy day or if she INDUCES herself by
taking q last glance at the looking-glass
after her toilet is completed, but she may
crafty her vanity without danger if she
leaves one hand ungloved.
! To look back OF so back before gaining
the church-door. to marry in green or
while there is an open grave in the church,
yard are all unfortunate, and the bride
must be careful to so in at one door and
! out at the other.
When the bridesmaids undress the bride
must throw away all the pins. Woe to the
bridesmaids if they keep one of them, for
they viii not be married until Whitsun-
ide, or until the Easter following at the
soonest.
Ii the bridal party venture off dry land
they must go up stream. The bride must,
| to he lucky, wear
| Something old and something new,
Something gold and something blue.
| Ii she should see strange cat or hear a
cat sneeze OIL her wedding day, then she
will be very happy, and if on her wedding
morning she steps from her bed on to
something higher, and again on to some
thing higher still, she will from that mo-
| ment rise in the world.
For this purpose table is placed beside
the bed, and ii 1T can stand near the
dresser OF something higher than it, then
she must step from the table to that which
is higher. But woe betide her should she
fall
In leaving the house and church she
must be careful to put her right foot
forward, and ON no account allow anyone
to speak to her husband until she has called
him by name.
To break wedding-ring is an omen that
the wearer will soon be a widow, but
AS the wedding-ring wears,
| SO Will wear away your cares.