Do you consider yourself superstitious?
You’ve heard it’s bad luck for the couple to see each other on their big day before the wedding, you know the bride’s supposed to wear something borrowed and something blue, but you might not realize how many other superstitions are wrapped up in modern wedding traditions.
The site WeddingWire recently conducted a survey of engaged couples, and they learned some surprising things about how the public feels about these traditions and superstitions. Here’s how they responded to the following folklores:
“Rain on a wedding day is good luck.”
It’s true: 42%
No way: 47%
Never heard of it: 11%
“Being seated at the corner of a table at a wedding means you’ll never get married.”
It’s true: less than 1%
No way: 30%
Never heard of it: 70%
“A well-made cake at a wedding is a sign of a well-formed marriage.”
It’s true: 6%
No way: 26%
Never heard of it: 68%
“A bride should wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.”
It’s true: 74%
No way: 25%
Never heard of it: less than 1%
“To lose or break your wedding ring foreshadows the end of the marriage.”
It’s true: 5%
No way: 47%
Never heard of it: 48%
“Three times a bridesmaid and a girl will never be a bride.”
It’s true: 1%
No way: 61%
Never heard of it: 38%
But what about in practice?
One of our Real Arkansas Brides, Jenni Schmidt, followed an old Southern tradition for ensuring good weather for her and her husband Kevin’s outdoor September wedding.
A month before the wedding, the temperature had been in the triple digits. Reading up on some Southern wedding traditions, my mom and I decided to bury a bottle of bourbon upside down right next to the ceremony site in hopes of having good weather on the day of the wedding.
The week leading up to the wedding was cold and rainy by Arkansas standards. The day of the wedding was still cool and overcast but an hour before the ceremony the clouds opened up and the sun came out! It was truly a classic Arkansas weather day. We like to say that burying the bourbon contributed to that!
Rumor has it that it also served as a great way to kick off the reception when the groom and his groomsmen dug up the bottle and shared the love!
So what do you think? Do you believe in (or secretly believe in) any of these traditions or superstitions? Let us know in the comments below, and tell us all about your little-known traditions!
Statistics provided by WeddingWire of 1,720 surveyors.
