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1. Complete the superstitious rhyme to help a woman select her prospective groom.
"To change the name and not the letter
Is to change for the worse and not the ___".
2. How should this finish so that the month of the wedding can be determined?
"Married when the year is new, he'll be loving, kind & true,
When February birds do mate, You wed nor dread your fate.
If you wed when March winds blow, joy and sorrow both you'll know.
Marry in April when you can, Joy for Maiden & for Man.
Marry in the month of May, and you'll surely rue the day.
Marry when June roses grow, over land and sea you'll go.
Those who in July do wed, must labour for their daily bred.
Whoever wed in August be, many a change is sure to see
Marry in September's shrine, your living will be rich and fine.
If in October you do marry, love will come but riches tarry.
If you wed in bleak November, only joys will come, remember.
When December snows fall fast, ____________________________."
3. How should this Victorian rhyme be filled in so that it could be used to help select the day of the wedding?
"Monday for wealth,
Tuesday for _____,
Wednesday, the best day of all.
Thursday for losses,
Friday for _____,
Saturday for no luck at all."
4. The bride is trying to choose a wedding dress. Can you complete the phrase to provide the following clues?
"Marry in White--You've chosen right
Marry in Blue--Love will be true
Marry in Yellow--Ashamed of your fellow
Marry in Red--You'll wish yourself dead
Marry in Black--You'll wish yourself back
Marry in Grey--You'll travel far away
Marry in Pink--Of you he'll think
Marry in Green--_________________."
5. Besides the dress, this rhyme would help the bride remember other necessary items. How does this verse finish?
"Something old, something new,
Something borrowed, something blue,
___________________________________."
6. The bride needs to select a bouquet, but needs some help with understanding what the flowers signify. She wants to use her favorite flowers, dogwood and clover. The clover signifies good luck, but what does the dogwood symbolize?
7. As the wedded couple leave after the ceremony, the guests throw grain to symbolize fertility. In Roman times this was wheat, but what is the most common grain used today?
8. Can you help complete the phrase of this traditional poem which can accompany the wedding favors given to guests?
"Five sugared almonds for each guest to eat
To remind us that life is both bitter and sweet.
Five wishes for the new husband and wife --
Health, wealth, happiness, children, _________! "
9. The wedding cakes are being served. Can you fill in the missing words so that folks will know what charms will be found and what they mean?
"The ring for marriage within a year;
The penny for wealth, my dear;
The thimble for an old maid or bachelor born;
The button for ___________________."
10. One British wedding superstition is that good luck will be found if the bride should see this begrimed worker on the way to or from the wedding. Who will the bride be searching for?
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