Milford chronicle., 1921-10-28
SOME POPULAR RHYMES
ABOUT WEDDING DAYS
Next to June for Such Golden
Affairs Comes the Month
of October
JUST WHEN TO MARRY
And What to Wear on the Important
Occasion of Your NuptiaIs

Next to June, which ancient lore
declares to be the luckiest month of
all the year for weddings, so far as
the bride is concerned, writes Davis
Blake in The Chicago Tribune, as the
month is governed by June, the class
ic goddess who protects women, comes
October. However, the gods of luck
are not so generous with their prom
ises for the October wed, as you will
note in the popular rhymes about
wedding months which 1 present you
today:
Says one rhymster:
Marry when the year is new
Always loving, kind and true.
When February brides do mate
You may wed, nor dread your fate.
If you wed when March winds blow
Joy and sorrow both you'll know.
Marry in April when you can
Joy for maiden and for man
Marry in the month of May,
You will surely rue the day.
Marry when June roses blow,
Over land and sea you'll go.
They who in July do wed,
Must labor always for their bread.
Whoever wed in August be
Many a change are sure to see.
Marry in September's Shrine,
Your living will be rich and fine.
If in October you will marry,
Love will come, but riches tarry.
If you wed in bleak November,
Only joy will come. remember.
When December's SHOWS fall fast,
Marry and true love will last.
Another interradatiOn is:
Married in January'S chilling time,
Widowed you'll be before your prime.
Married in February's sleety weather,
Life you'll tread in tune together.
Married when March winds shrill and
roar,
Your home will be on foreign shore.
Married meath April's changeful skies,
A checkered path before you lies.
Married when bees over May bios
SONS fit,
Strangers around your board will sit.
Married in merry month of June,
Life will be one honeymoon.
Married as July's banks blaze,
Bitter-sweet memories in after days.
Married in August heat and browse,
Lover and friend in your chosen
spouse.
Married in gold September glow,
Smooth and serene your life will tioW
Married when leaves in October thin,
Toll and hardship for you begin.
Married in wells of November mist,
Fortune your wedding ring has kissed. |
Married in days of December cheer,
Love will shine brighter year after
year.
And when you have probably recit-
ed these rhymes about the days of the |
week on which to marry:
Monday for health,
Tuesday for wealth,
Wednesday the best day of all.
Thursday for losses,
Friday for crosses,
Saturday no luck at all.
Or this:
Wed on Monday, always poor;
Wed on Tuesday, wed once more;
Wed on Wednesday, happy match;
Wed on Thursday, splendid catch;
Wed on Friday, poorly mated;
Wed on Saturday, better waited;
Wed on Sunday, Cupid's wooing;
Wed in the morning, quick undOing.
And speaking of rhymes and brides,
do you know this relative to the color
of her wedding gown?
Married white, you've chosen all right.
Married in green, ashamed to be seen.
Married in gray, you will go far away.
Married in red, you will wish your
dead.
Married in blue, lover ever true.
Married in yellow, ashamed of your
fellow.
Married in black, you will wish your
self back.
Married in pink, of you only he'll think