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IF YOU TEAR YOUR WEDDING DRESS ON YOUR WEDDING DAY,
YOUR MARRIAGE WON'T LAST.

Submitter comment: THE SUPERSTITION DATES BACK TO THE EARLY 1900S, BUT IN
THE 1940S AN INSTANCE HAPPENED TO MY GODMOTHER IN WHICH
SHE RIPPED HER WEDDING GOWN AND WITHIN A YEAR THE
MARRIAGE HAD BEEN ANNULLED.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Marriage Dress of bride and groom

Date learned: 10-05-1967

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WHEN YOU STEP ON A WEDDING DRESS IT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE
(CAUSE) A BAD MARRIAGE.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER PARENTS, WHO ARE OF
IRISH DESCENT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage Dress of bride and groom

Date learned: 03-31-1967

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IF A BRIDE TEARS HER GLOVE, SHE WILL HAVE MANY PROBLEMS IN
HER MARRIAGE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage Dress of bride and groom

Date learned: 03-04-1972

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IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A BRIDE TO SEW HER OWN WEDDING DRESS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage Dress of bride and groom
BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.545
BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life

Date learned: 08-01-1968

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