Wedding Facts and Trivia From Around the Globe
[Useless Information But Fun to Read]
All for Luck
According to Greek culture tucking a sugar cube into the bride's glove
will sweeten her marriage.
Rain on your wedding day is actually considered good luck,
according to Hindu and Chinese traditions!
For good luck, Egyptian women pinch the bride on her wedding day.
Ouch!
Middle Eastern brides paint henna on their hands and feet to protect themselves from the evil eye.
Peas are thrown at Czech newlyweds instead of the more popular rice.
A Swedish bride puts a silver coin from her father and a gold coin from her mother in each shoe to ensure that
she'll never do without.
Moroccan women take a milk bath to purify themselves before their wedding ceremony.
In Holland, a pine tree is planted outside the newlyweds' home as a symbol of fertility and luck.
Does this ring a bell?
Engagement and wedding rings are worn on the fourth finger of the left hand because it was once thought that
a vein in that finger led directly to the heart.
About 70% of all brides sport the traditional diamond on the fourth finger of their left hand.
Diamonds set in gold or silver became popular as betrothal rings among wealthy Venetians toward the end of
the 15th century.
In the symbolic language of jewels, a sapphire in a wedding ring means marital happiness.
A pearl engagement ring is said to be bad luck because its shape echoes that of a tear.
Seventeen tons of gold are made into wedding rings each year in the United States!
Snake rings dotted with ruby eyes were popular wedding bands in Victorian England -- the coils winding into a
circle symbolized eternity.
Aquamarine represents marital harmony and is said to ensure a long, happy marriage.
Food & Family
In Egypt, the bride's family traditionally does all the cooking for a week after the wedding, so the couple can...
relax.
In South Africa, the parents of both bride and groom traditionally carried fire from their hearths to light a new
fire in the newlyweds' hearth.
The tradition of a wedding cake comes from ancient Rome, where revelers broke a loaf of bread over a bride's
head for fertility's sake.
The custom of tiered cakes emerged from a game where the bride and groom attempted to kiss over an
ever-higher cake without knocking it over.
[Useless Information But Fun to Read]
All for Luck
According to Greek culture tucking a sugar cube into the bride's glove
will sweeten her marriage.
Rain on your wedding day is actually considered good luck,
according to Hindu and Chinese traditions!
For good luck, Egyptian women pinch the bride on her wedding day.
Ouch!
Middle Eastern brides paint henna on their hands and feet to protect themselves from the evil eye.
Peas are thrown at Czech newlyweds instead of the more popular rice.
A Swedish bride puts a silver coin from her father and a gold coin from her mother in each shoe to ensure that
she'll never do without.
Moroccan women take a milk bath to purify themselves before their wedding ceremony.
In Holland, a pine tree is planted outside the newlyweds' home as a symbol of fertility and luck.
Does this ring a bell?
Engagement and wedding rings are worn on the fourth finger of the left hand because it was once thought that
a vein in that finger led directly to the heart.
About 70% of all brides sport the traditional diamond on the fourth finger of their left hand.
Diamonds set in gold or silver became popular as betrothal rings among wealthy Venetians toward the end of
the 15th century.
In the symbolic language of jewels, a sapphire in a wedding ring means marital happiness.
A pearl engagement ring is said to be bad luck because its shape echoes that of a tear.
Seventeen tons of gold are made into wedding rings each year in the United States!
Snake rings dotted with ruby eyes were popular wedding bands in Victorian England -- the coils winding into a
circle symbolized eternity.
Aquamarine represents marital harmony and is said to ensure a long, happy marriage.
Food & Family
In Egypt, the bride's family traditionally does all the cooking for a week after the wedding, so the couple can...
relax.
In South Africa, the parents of both bride and groom traditionally carried fire from their hearths to light a new
fire in the newlyweds' hearth.
The tradition of a wedding cake comes from ancient Rome, where revelers broke a loaf of bread over a bride's
head for fertility's sake.
The custom of tiered cakes emerged from a game where the bride and groom attempted to kiss over an
ever-higher cake without knocking it over.
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