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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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