Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-23
D SUGGESTIONS.
strange Ntotons of People in varlous
Countries Co0oerning Matrimonv.

OSS S00G0o ] IONS,
Strange Ntolons of peonl. in v.-,a,.
countries Concerning Matrimony.
There is perhaps no period in q
woman's life that so completely
changes her whole existence as mar.
rage, and for that very reason she is
apt to be more superstitious and fanci-
tul at that time than at any; other; and
while superstitions are fast becoming a
something of the past, there are very
few women who will not hesitate be-
fore making Friday their wedding day
or will not rejoice at the sunshine. for
.'happy is the bride the sun shines on.n
Jun and October have always been
heid as the most propitious months in
the twelve, a happy result being rem
dered doubly certain if the ceremony
was timed so as to take place at the full
moon, or when the sun and moon were
conjunction.
II Romans were very supcrstitious
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
YER unlucky in many parts of "merry
old England" and in the ORKNEY
islands a bride selects her wedding day
so that its evening may have a growing
10 and a 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 81 wedding
takes place the BRIDES cup of happiness
lseSpected to be always full. In Perth
shire the couple who have had their
'banns published at the end Of one and
are married at the beginning Of another
quarter OF a year can expect nothing
but ends.
The day of the week is also of great
Importance, Sunday being a great
%favorite in some parts of England and
Ireland. And although an English lass
would not marry on Friday, the French
girl thinks the last Friday in the month
particularly fortunate. Most of US
know the old saying concerning tho
wedding day:
monday for wealth,
Tuesday for health,
Wednesday the best day Of all:
Thursday for crosses,
Friday for losses,
Saturday no luck ut ALL
In Yorkshire, when the bride is on
the point of crossing her fathers thres-
hold, after returning from church, a
plate, containing a few small pieces of
cake, is thrown from an upper window
of the house by a male relative. If the
plate is broken she will be happy; if
notshc will not expect to escape misery.
In Sweden a bride must carry bread
in her pocket, and as man pieces 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 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 the we'd
ding to be put off when the day has
been fixed, and it is believed much harm
will ensue if q bridegroom stands at the
junction of roads or beside a
closed gate on his wedding morn. In
England it is thought to be a bad sign
if a bride fails to shed tears on the
happy day, or if she INDUCES herself
by taking q last look at the looking
glass after her toilet is completed; but
she may crafty her vanity without
dangerif she leaves one hand unglovcd.
TO look back or 60 back before enter.
ing the church door, to marry in green,
OF while there is an open grave in the
churchyard, are all unfortunate, and
the bride must be careful to 60 in at
one door and out at the other. When
the bridesmaids undress the bride they
must throw away all the pins. Woe to
the bride if a single one be left about
her, nothing will go right. Woe to the
bridemaids if they keep one of them,
for they will not be married before
Whitsuntide, or until the Easter fol-
lowing at the soonest.
If the bridal party venture off dry
land they must go up stream. The
bride must, to be lucky, wear
Something old and something now.
Something gold aud something blue"
If she should see a strange cat or hear
a cat sneeze On 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 something higher still she will
from that moment rise in the world.
For this purpose a table is placed be-
side the bed, and if it can stand near
the dressero or 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 very careful to put her right
foot forward, and on no account allow
any one to speak to her husband until
she has called him by name.
TO break the wedding ring is an omen
that the wearer will soon be a widow,
but
your wedding ring wears
So will wear away your cares"
Every Oher SATURDAY.
Witch nocfore in Scotland