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WEDDING BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A GIRL TO CATCH 3 BOUQUETS AT WEDDINGS. THIS
MEANS SHE WILL NEVER GET MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.545 BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
THE GIRL WHO CATCHES THE BRIDAL BOUQUET IS THE NEXT ONE TO GET
MARRIED OF ALL THE GIRLS AT THE WEDDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 00001970S
POLISH WEDDING
AFTER THE GROOM HAS REMOVED THE GARTER FROM THE BRIDE'S
LEG, THE BRIDE STANDS UP AND TURNS HER BACK TO ALL OF
THE ELIGIBLE GIRLS WHO ARE ATTENDING THE RECEPTION.
AT THE COUNT OF THREE, SHE THROWS IT OVER THE BACK OF
HER HEAD AND THE GIRL WHO CATCHES IT, TRADITIONALLY,
IS THE NEXT TO BE MARRIED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HIS PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
AT THE WEDDING RECEPTION OF A POLISH COUPLE, IT
IS CUSTOMARY FOR THE BRIDE TO THROW HER BOUQUET
WITH HER BACK FACING A GROUP OF SINGLE WOMEN.
THE WOMAN CATCHING THE BOUQUET IS BELIEVED BY
MANY TO BE THE NEXT ONE TO GET MARRIED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS WITNESSED THIS AT A NUMBER OF WEDDING
RECEPTIONS. HE EVEN KNOWS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO
CAUGHT THE BOUQUET, AND GOT MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 10-23-1971
THE BRIDE THROWS THE BOUQUET WHEN SHE LEAVES THE
CHURCH. THE GIRL WHO CATCHES THE FLOWERS WILL
BE THE NEXT GIRL PRESENT TO GET MARRIED.
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS FROM A FRIEND MANY YEARS AGO.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
THE GIRL WHO CATCHES THE BRIDAL BOUQUET WILL BE
THE NEXT TO MARRY.
Submitter comment: REMEMBERED AS A TRADITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 11-10-1967
AT THE RECEPTION FOLLOWING A WEDDING, IT IS
CUSTOMARY FOR THE BRIDE TO THROW HER BOUQUET.
WHOEVER CATCHES IT WILL SUPPOSEDLY BE THE NEXT
GIRL TO MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
AT THE WEDDING, IT IS A CUSTOM FOR THE BRIDE TO THROW THE BOUQUET IN THE AIR. THE GIRL WHO CATCHES IT, IS SUPPOSED
TO BE THE NEXT ONE TO GET MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
AT THE WEDDING RECEPTION, THE MAN WHO CATCHES THE
GARTER WHICH THE GROOM THROWS, AND THE GIRL WHO
CATCHES THE FLOWERS WHICH THE BRIDE THROWS, HAVE
AN ORGY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR, WHICH CONSISTS
OF THE MAN PUTTING THE GARTER ON THE GIRL'S LEG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
CUSTOM
THE BRIDE THROWING HER BOUQUET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE BRIDE THROWS HER BOUQUET TO THE SINGLE GIRLS,
AND WHOEVER CATCHES IT WILL BE NEXT TO GET
MARRIED.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
AFTER THE CEREMONY IS OVER, THE BRIDE TOSSES HER
BOUQUET AND THE MAIDEN WHO CATCHES IT IS SUPPOSED
TO WED NEXT.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AT THE WEDDING THE BRIDE THROWS THE BOUQUET AND
WHOEVER CATCHES IT WILL BECOME THE NEXT BRIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
AT ALL POLISH WEDDINGS, JUST BEFORE THE BRIDE AND GROOM
ARE TO LEAVE ON THEIR HONEYMOON, THE BRIDE THROWS
HER BOUQUET TO A GROUP OF SINGLE GIRLS. THE GIRL WHO
CATCHES IT, IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE NEXT TO BE MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 03-30-1970
TOWARDS THE END OF A WEDDING RECEPTION, THE BRIDE
THROWS HER BOUQUET TO A GROUP OF UNMARRIED GIRLS
AND THE GIRL WHO CATCHES THE BOUQUET WILL BE
THE NEXT BRIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 03-30-1968
THE GIRL WHO CATCHES THE BRIDE'S BOUQUET WILL BE
MARRIED NEXT.
Submitter comment:
CUSTOM OBSERVED DURING INFORMANT'S LIFETIME AND
WAS HANDED DOWN PREVIOUSLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 07-14-1964
THE BRIDE THROWS THE BOUQUET AND THE ONE (FEMALE)
WHO CATCHES IT WILL BE THE NEXT TO WED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 09-22-1969