The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-28
SuPERSTTIONS OF
TROuSSEAu GIVEN

Married in white. you have chosen
all right
Married in green. ashamed to be
seen.
Married in gray. you will 90 far
away.
Married in red. you will wish your
self dead.
Married in blue. love ever true.
Married in yellow. you're ashamed
OF your fellow.
Married in black. you viii wish
yourself back.
Married In pink. Of you he'll Ger
think.
A bride to be should never mark
her linen or anything for use in her
married life with the initials OF her
fiance, as it is said she will never
have occasion to use the initiated
articles II she does" So sayeth one
who is supposed to be familiar Win
bridal superstitions.
Nor should q bride mako her own
wedding dress, II she would have the
best Of luck. And further, they say,
it is bad luck for young woman to
let her future husband sec her IN any
thing OF her wedding trousseau until
the wedding day.
bride should never have in her
trousseau anything trimmed with Ivy
leaves.
There is an old superstition that If
the brides outfit was not paid for at
the time Of the wedding bad luck
would affect one of the first little ones
later.
There have always been strong sup
erstitions against brides dressed In
black. misfortunes being always pro
phesied. 1t is further told to be bad
luck to dye a wedding dress black
To marry in lavender Is not good
luck. A widow marrying In this color
will mourn a second time.
A wedding dress Of velvet signifies
poverty.
Have not single bit of black upon
your person, If you marry in white.
It is lucky for bride to be married
in white satin.
If s bride wears white throughout
but for one single article, whatever
It may be, that will indicate one sor-
row in her life.
It is said to be unlucky to begin
making the wedding gown before the
wedding day is named.
Some one is envying the bride who
stumbles over her wedding gown
train.
II the bridegroom's tie Is askew.
his heart Is in another place with an
other maiden.
There is an old saying you will live
as many years as there are buttons
on your bridal dress.
II you hold a wedding dress in your
hand for five minutes and make a
wish it will come true.
raveling on the bridegrooms suit
shows that another woman C1ingS to
him with her heart
It used to be believed that a mar
ried couple would never get rich un-
til the wedding clothes were worn
out.
It Is bad luck to try on the bridal
costume of a girl friend.
1t Is bad luck to ruin your wedding
dress on your honeymoon You are
liable to be widow.
A plain, smooth, fabric brings bet
ter luck to the bride than one with
figures in 1t.
1t is bad luck to wear red at a wed
ding.
TO tear a bridal dress is the sign of
trouble, whether it be little or great,
depending on the size Of the tear.
For the bridegroom to step on the
brides dress is an omen of inconsid-
marry in purple if you would have
your love remain bright always. Some
people call it bad omen if a brides
dress on her way to the altar catches
on anything so as to detain her.
Marry in buff, tan, or fawn color
and you will cross the ocean oncee.
In some countries, where a mother
Is making a daughters wedding dress
II a drop of blood got on the dress
from a. finger prick. she would not let
the daughter wear it, fearing she
would never live to wear it out
A bride should wear some article
at the altar worn by her own mother
If she would insure long married
life for herself.
Another superstition which IS ia
miliar to most people is that the bride
who wants good fortune to attend hel
should wear on her wedding day
"Something old. something new,
Something borrowed, something blue.