There is an old saying for a bride’s wedding day, something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.
SOMETHING OLD represents continuity; SOMETHING NEW offers optimism for the future; SOMETHING BORROWED symbolizes borrowed happiness; SOMETHING BLUE stands for purity, love, and fidelity; and a sixpence in your shoe is a wish for good fortune and prosperity, although this remains largely a British custom.
Kevin Bacon bribes DJ’s at weddings with cash so they won’t play Footloose.
The first dance was considered as the official opening of dancing by the newly married couple who were the guests of honour. The first dance between the bride and groom is the most awaited moment for the newly weds as well as the guests.
The reason that engagement and wedding rings are worn on the fourth finger on the left hand because it was once thought there was a vein in that finger that led straight to the heart.
The bride stands to the groom’s left during a Christian ceremony, because in bygone days the groom needed his right hand free to fight off other suitors.