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WEDDING LORE
IF ONE CATCHES THE GARTER AFTER IT IS THROWN BY THE GROOM
BEHIND HIS BACK, THAT PERSON WILL SOON GET MARRIED.
IF ONE CATCHES THE BOUQUET FROM THE BRIDE AFTER SHE THROWS
IT BEHIND HER BACK, THAT WOMAN WILL GET MARRIED SOON.
THROW RICE AND MONEY AFTER A WEDDING ON THE COUPLE, AND
THIS WILL BRING GOOD LUCK AND ABUNDANT RICHES AND
HEALTH.
Submitter comment: THESE ARE TRADITIONAL CHALDEAN CUSTOMS IN CHALDEAN WEDDINGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Rice BELIEF -- Marriage Bouquet toss BELIEF -- Marriage Garter toss BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
RICE IS THROWN AT WEDDINGS AS A SYMBOL OF FERTILITY FOR
THE NEWLYWED COUPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Rice |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
FROM EARLIEST TIMES, NEWLYWEDS HAVE BEEN SHOWERED WITH
RICE OF ABUNDANCE, WHILE THE BRIDE'S FATHER THREW HER
SHOE AFTER THE GROOM, AS A TOKEN OF HIS SURRENDER OF
HIS DAUGHTER.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Rice |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
THE REASON THAT YOU THROW RICE AT A WEDDING, IS SO THAT
THE NEWLYWEDS WILL PROSPER AND ALWAYS HAVE FOOD TO EAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Rice |
Date learned: 11-16-1971