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Tie a whiskey bottle to a tree to bring good luck on your wedding day. An Irish tradition.

In China, couples prefer to marry on the half hour---when the clock is on the upswing, symbolizing ascending fortune.

The Shower started as an alternative to the dowry. In the 1890’s, friends and family put small gifts in parasols that were opened over the bride’s head.

During the Middle Ages, the whiteness of the cake was a sign not of the bride’s purity, but of the sugar’s. The whiter the icing, the more expensive the cake.

Filipino tradition includes winding strands of flowers, coins, or even diamonds in figure eights around the necks of the bride & groom, to represent the conjugal bond.

An old Roman proverb states: “Rain falls in the lap of the happy bride.”

It is considered good luck in England for a bride to be kissed by a chimney sweep on the way to her wedding. Sweeps are associated with hearth and home, and thus domestic bliss.

A multilayered fruitcake topped by a small cedar tree is a wedding tradition in Bermuda. The tree is planted after the ceremony and is expected to grow with the love of the couple.

In Germany, a traditional wedding lasts 3 days. Day one, the couple marries in a civil ceremony attended by family and close friends. Day two, a big formal party is thrown to celebrate. On the third day, there’s a religious ceremony followed by a ceremony. During the party, plates are smashed in a tradition called polterabend. The couple then cleans them up, symbolizing that they can work together. Before the wedding, the couple’s families make a wedding newspaper that includes photos and articles about the bride and groom. It is sold at the reception to help pay for the honeymoon. Guests throw rice as the couple leaves the reception. It is said that the number of grains of rice that stay in the bride’s hair is the number of children that she will have.