Part 15 (2/2)

_Baltimore, Md. (negro)._

350. Wednesday is the luckiest day on which to be married. Sat.u.r.day is the unluckiest. Friday is also unlucky.

_Bathurst, N.B._

THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY.

351. Happy is the bride that the sun s.h.i.+nes on.

_Northern Ohio._

352. If it rains on the wedding, the bride will cry all her married life.

_Talladega, Ala._

353. To marry in a storm betokens an unhappy life.

_Peabody, Ma.s.s._

354. It is unlucky to drop the ring at the marriage ceremony.

_New York._

355. A bride must step over the church sill with her right foot.

_Orange Co., N.Y._

356. A double wedding is unlucky; one of the marriages will be unhappy.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

357. The pair to be married should stand in line with the cracks in the floor, and not at right angles to them.

_Omaha, Neb._

358. When a couple are married and are driving off, if old shoes are thrown after them for good luck, and one of the shoes lodges on the coach or carriage, it is a sign that one of the party will die before the year is out.

_Waltham, Ma.s.s._

359. After the marriage ceremony is performed, the one that walks first from the altar is the one who will die first, either bride or groom.

_Alabama._

360. Old slippers or rice must be thrown after a bride for good luck.

_General in the United States._

361. If the younger sister is married before the elder, the latter will have to dance in a pig's trough.

_Western Ma.s.sachusetts._

362. Runaway matches will prove unlucky.

_New York._

363. It is a sign of ill luck to take off the wedding ring.

_General in the United States._

COURTING AND WEDDING SIGNS.

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