The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-16
LUCKY WEDDING DAY.
superstitions of Peculiar or Unknown
Origin regarding Time of Marriage.

From the Pitisburg Dispatch.
Belief III luck is almost universal. This
is not strange when we consider the profits
and rewards men have reaped merely by
taking advantage of favorable opportuni-
ties. 1t may be that luck is myth and
that good fortune comes to him who has
good sense and is Shrewd enough to IN Ike
the most of what comes his way. But cir
Gums ances so often help, appa-
rently, to make or mar a MANS
worldly career tnat it is no wonder
that fortune is constantly alluded to as
1.-THE fcke goddess" 1t is interesting to
note me of the curious superstitons that
have grown from the doctrine OF the
potentiSlitv of luck. Who has not heard
thsma Take, for example, that old belief
regarding the number IL. Everybodg has
heard it, and not few believe in it fully.
According to popular belief this supersti-
ton originated with the last supper of
Christ, when Judas was the thirteenth at
the table. But an old writer claims that it
Is founded on the calculations Of life insur-
ancs societies, which estimate that out Of
thirteen persons one will die every year.
Friday, which is regarded as an unlucky
day almost the whole world over, 81 agularly
enough is considered in Scotland very
auspicio Is day for marriages. Taking a
AlLc ~ SuCu du IiHpDFLduL Hu5p LOT
both man and woman that it is but natural
that young people should he partic liar to
have their wed Il & celebrated undsr the
most favorable auspices. l. is remarkable,
however, that May, the season of love,
celebrated as sucl by poets with ut num-
Der, is looked upon by the English and
E0glisn-speaking people generally, as
AN UNLUcKY TIME FOR MARRYING.
Marry in May, and you'll rue the day"
has passed into a provern in Great Britain.
The superstition is said to have come down
from thu Romans, but the origin and msaa-
ing of it are lost to history. June. on the
other hand, is regarded as the best month in
which to marry. No Scotchmal will be
married on Sunday wedding ON that day
is said to he e tniug unheard Of in that land
Of rlgid Sabbatar. observance. The
Scotch also have great fondness for gs-
thug married on the last day Of the year and
the nu nbe' of maria o GER ifcates bear
ing the date December 81, is from five to
twenty times as great "a any other date
thai could be selected. With the French
Canadian peSsantry Monday is the fayorite
wedding day. In this country Thursday
has he preference, and it is safe to sa
twice as many marriages take placs on that
day as occur on any other day of the week.
On istmas weddings are decidedly popular,
and many young Anne leans, whether f. m
patriotic or supersttious N )tives, seem to
re yard the F lurth of July as a good day
on which to marry.
DismissiGg the subject Of days and sea-
sons propitiouS for weddings, we observe
t at there is grsaU number of supersti-
tons regarding that always inte. ssting
being. the bride, The declaration Happy
is the bride that the sun shines onI" is 9
to which the brides Themselves attach great
imp rance. A young wo nan mus DO
possessed of more than avera 9 good sense
and courage if she does not feel disappo nte
on arising on the morning of her weddin :
day to find the sky obscured with clouds
and storm threatening.
ORIGIN OF A SUPERSTITION
Whence came this common belief, max
ing unpleasant weather presage an unhap-
by married life? Like many Of the Ueieis
to which we Americans cling fondlv, it
dates back to feudal ii mes in 'Merrie Eng
landn 1t was than the custom to have tae
marriage ceremony perfor ned o. the
I caurch porch . der such circumstances
wat weather made it decidedly unpleasant
70 all par les, and it is no wonder a
belle; that rain on wedding day was an
omsu of evil became general
1t is considered lucky for bride TO shed
tears on her wedding day; il she does not
she surely will be unhappy. Should she
Lu66b a luuti al DIOCesblOu ulAo kOl TX W
church or returning, if a woman's, the
bride will die early. If the funeral be that
of a man the days of the bridegr 1om on
ca tn are n Imbe ed A uretJy actice is
that of decorating the hive Of the bees on 4
wedding day, which is still Kept up in some
parts of rural f gland. 1t is hard tn
imagine what disaster could follow failure
TO observe tuis custom; yet it is de med
imp ratiye tnat nyellige 1t insects De
Ali = = -, 1Fl,.
a matrimonial event IS t. taxa , ace.
curious custom, the memory of which
still survives both IN Old and New Z <
lanI, was that Of the elder slste or brother
da cling in hogs trOu IA if the you lger
msmo r OF 9 fDmily was the Fl st 10
marry. "You'l be danci Y in the nog S
tr ugh if you mt look out" is an express
sion still used to warn maid and bacnelor,
that it is TINA for them to mate, though it
is doub full if the actual practice is kept up
anywhere.
oMENs OF EARLY MARRIAGE
In som parts Of England it is customary
for the bridesmaids ami other single females
prese t t. rob the bride of every pin to re
found il her dress after the ceremony is
over, the tradition being that whoever gets
possesssssion OF one Of these pins will be sure
to marry wi hin year. Frequently there
is very eager competition to gam these val
liable charms, so much so that thu br de is
handled very roughly. 1t is also said that
if tbs bride while at the table cuts and
hands piece Of cheese to a lady frie d, the
roc pient will be the next one Of the COM
D nv to get husband. In Scotland It was
long Gu so nary for the husband TO lift his
bride over he threshold 4 her future home
that no witchcraft or other evil Influence
might come upon her
In the orth Of England it is considered
highly unlucky for toe prospective bride to
be in church when the an Is . pu 1lished,
as an childre she may have are likely to
be born deaf and dumb. The superstitions
attaching to the wedding cake aud the we'd =
ding ring are almost innumsrabls. Per-
haps o OF the most curious is that Of
breaking the wedding c ke over the brides
head, that the maidens present mig {
scramble for possession Of pieces Those
so fortunate as to secure a morsel, on eating
it, would be sure to dream Of their fu-urs
husband on the same night. This, also,
was an old Englis belief. BARNEY.
Having in our official capacity as mem
bsrs of the Plymouth hospital committee
bean asked To test and proye the effective