Wedding Superstitions You Probably Haven't Heard

Everyone's heard that a bride should have something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a lucky sixpence in her shoe, but there are many other wedding superstitions which most people probably haven't heard of.

There are superstitions concerning which day of the week you get married on. If you get married on Monday, it will bring health. If you are married on a Tuesday, you will be wealthy. If you get married on a Wednesday, you will have the best of everything. Being married on Saturday brings no luck at all.

In addition to the days of the week carrying superstitions, the months of the year do so as well. January weddings guarantee the groom will be kind and true. February weddings have a good fate. March weddings promise that the couple will experience both joy and sorrow. April weddings will bring happiness to both the groom and bride. May weddings will bring regret. June weddings promise travel for the bride and groom. July weddings will have to work hard for their money. August weddings will bring lots of changes for the couple. September weddings are sure to bring wealth. October weddings will bring love, but not wealth. November weddings will only bring joy. December weddings promise that true love will last.

The most popular color for a bride's wedding dress is white, but for every possible color of dress, there is a superstition attached. White means you have chosen the right person to marry. Grey means that you will go far away. Blue means you will always be faithful. Yellow means that you are ashamed of your new spouse. Pink means that you will not have high spirits.

There are also good and bad omens. If you see a rainbow or the sunshine on your wedding day, it is good luck, and meeting a black cat or a chimney sweep is also considered lucky. A hare, pig, or lizard running across the road is a bad omen, as well as meeting a nun or monk or seeing an open grave.

There are so many other superstitions, some you may know, others probably not. If the groom drops the ring during the wedding ceremony, the marriage is doomed to fail. Carrying the bride over the threshold comes from the belief that a new bride must not trip of fall when entering her new home. The person who falls asleep first on the night of the marriage, will be the first to die.

I personally don't believe in all of these, but I do think that they are rather interesting considering that most of these superstitions are incredibly old and came from a time when people truly did believe in them a great deal.