Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-11-08
supeRsrIT,oss ABOUT MARRIAGE.

Wednesday and Thursday are especially
hcky in Bulgaria
Rice Is stiIl thrown after the newly mar
ried couple in many countries
The last day Of tho year IS a very pop
ular time for espousals in Scotland
The bees are informed Of . Wedding in Der
byshire, Eng, and their hives decorated
A rainy day is as unlucky for wedding IN
India as it is in most European countries
Whoever rises first after the benediction
will, it is said, be the master Of the house
bold
An Italian proverb says: Friday and
Tuesday, neither marry nor set out on
journey
1t would be considered extremely unlucky
In England for the bride to wear green during
the ceremony.
In modern Greece neither bride nor groom
viii enter the house until promised presents
by the groom's father.
In the north of England. the wedding
cake is cut into bits, passed through the ring,
and thrown among the crowd
In Russia, the bride must avoid eating the
wedding cake on the eve Of the ceremony, or
she will lose her husbands love.
A currant bun is broken over the brides
head in Scotland, and a can Of beer is poured
over the bridegroom's horse in Esthonia-
Many people wed on the moons increase,
and seafaring people choose flowing tide.
Athenians selected the time OF new moon
The German maiden floats little silver
plates on which favored names are inscribed,
IN o pail of water. The one that approaches
her own is the destined groom.
The sneezing Of a cat on the eve Of mar
rage was considered q good omen IN the
middle ages, but the bowling OF dog then,
as now, Yves especially ominous.
In Brittany. peasant girls visit certain
shrines and pray TO be married during tne
year. Some stick pins into the knees OF tne
sanity image, TO be treasured as charms
In the Vosges mountains, the young wo-
men who dress the bride strive as TO who
shall stick the first pin in the bridal robe, as
the successful one viii be married the same
year.
In Catholic countries, shrines OF the Vlr-
gin or particular saints are diligently visited
and certain rites performed to insure the
consummation of hopes and wishes as 70
marriage.
Tie Romans deemed it an i'll omen to meet
certain animals on the way to the ceremony
A priest, hare, dog, cat, lizard or serpent was
unlucliy, III the middle ages: wolf, toad or
spider, lucky.
In Brittany, if the wife seeks TO rule, she
must take care that the ring, when placed on
her finger, shall slip at once to its place on
her finger, Instead of allowing it to stop at
the first JOINT.
Friday is considered al unlucky day to
wed in most countries, but i'll Scotland 1t is
the lucky day of the week, by far the major
ity of weddings being celebrated ON that day
sacred to Venus and kTeya.
In the north of England, the bridegroom
gives ribbon TO each OF the young men as
he comes out from tho church. These run a
race to the house, and the one arriving there
first may claim kiss from the bride
In France, during the Middle Ages. ring
of straw, or one made from horse shoe nan,
was placed on the brides finger, and some had
US many as five such rings. The couple also
stood on a ring during the ceremony.
In Greece, the groom is lightly sprinkled
with water leaving the home for the
ceremony The bride must visit the oven In
company with her father or O near relative,
to salute it, and obtain leave to set out
Care should be taken lest dog run be
tween tine bride and groom during the cere-
mony in tho Scotch Highlands, and the
grooms left shoe must DO left without buckle
or latchet, to prevent witches from having
any influence over him.
The Swedish bride tries to see the groom
before he sees her, to gain the mastery. She
places her foot before his during the cere-
mony and sits in the bridal chair first. She
must stand near the groom, so that no one
can come between them.
1t is deemed specially ominous in Scotland
for d lump of SCOT to fall down and spoil the
breakfast on the day Of the wedding. for q
bird to die III its cage, or for bird to sit on
the window sill and chirp long. The bride
must carefully avoid breaking dish on that
day.
There is curious custom in modern
Greece The groom is shaved by a young
man whose parents are both living, while
the young girls and young men sing, Razor
silvered and gilt, shave tenderly the young
mans cheeks, don't leave a hair, lest the pa
rents of his bride think him ugly"