The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
LORE OF MARRIAGE.
QUAINT SUPERsTITIONs CLUSTER
ED ROUND THE BRIDAL DAY.
Omens and Harbingers of Joy-Good
Fairies or Evil Spirits Have En-
biems and SiSns-They Must BE
Observed in Skies and Flowers.
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Any one living at the present time
would much resent the idea that he
was at all superstitious, still the fact
remains that little superstitions, in
cidents and condolences are treasured
up for repetition to those who care to
listen.
Great care is taken when deciding on
airy i'll omens; thus they are warned:
Marry in Lent and you'll live to re-
pent;;" or, Marry in May and you'll
rue the day." both Of which notions
come from the time Of the Romans;
while another says, ITO wed in May
is to wed poverty
In regard to the i'll luck attached to
May it was said that women disobey-
ing the above predictions would be
childless, or if they did have children
the first would be deformed or an idiot,
or the married couple would live I'M
happily together.
June is presumed to be a highly
favored month. Any one married in
June will be blessed with wealth,
health and children, and live happily
all their lives.
The days of the week have a pecu-
liar significance. Friday is a day studi-
ously avoided by all contemplating
couple infringing this rule being
doomed to lead a cat and dog life.
| Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday are all supposed to be good
days, neither is Saturday bad day,
but some consider Thursday as bad as
Friday.
There are numerous odd omens sup
posed to be connected with the couple
themselves. For instance, it is consid-
cred unfortunate for the lady's sur
name to commence with the same let
ter as her fiance, and all remember the
old saying:
To change the name and not the letter,
Is "a change for the worse and not for
the better.
! It is considered by some to be ex-
tremely unlucky for engaged parties to
entirely read through the marriage SER
vice, as it is said those who do SO fire.
Quently remain unwed.
| Long engagements are not recon-
mended-we all know the couplet:
Happy's the wooing
That Is not long in doing.
While another adage warns us thai
too speedy marriages are not desirable
in these words:
Marry in haste and repent at leisure.
A number of superstitions are at.
tached to the bride at a wedding. We
are told that one of the most unlucky
things she can do is 70 return and look
in the mirror after her toilet is once
completed for the ceremony. Their
there is the popular one of it being I'M
lucky for the sun not to shine upor
her. Again, in some places it is con
sidered i'll luck for a bride to keep {
pin about her which she has used il
her bridal toilet, while the notion tina
every woman in the party who OBJ
tanned one of these pins would be mar
ried before the end of the year gener
ally entailed scuffie on the brides
return from church.
1t is considered unlucky for the
4 happy pair to enter the church by one
door and leave by another, and i.
many places it Is considered very on1ir
Gus for the bridal party to meet a fun
erai either going or coming from
church, it indicating that early dealt
of the wife or husband according a:
the funeral is that of male or female
4 1t was once looked upon as most un
fortunate to meet either dog, cat
lizard or hare; but IL the pcrty came