Things you need to know for your wedding day
You must obtain your wedding license from your county of choice 3 days prior to your wedding.
A little something for the bride....
Something old, something new, something
borrowed, something blue and a sixpence in
your shoe. What does it mean?
borrowed, something blue and a sixpence in
your shoe. What does it mean?
"Something Old" - Wearing something belonging to her family represents a link to the brides
family.
family.
"Something New" - Wearing something new helps bring good fortune and success to a new life.
"Something Borrowed" - Wearing something worn previously by a happy bride brings the new
bride happiness in her marriage.
bride happiness in her marriage.
"Something Blue" - This tradition dates back to biblical times when blue stood for purity and
fidelity. In times past the entire dress was blue, then it became a blue band on the hem. This
is why most brides wear blue in their garter.
fidelity. In times past the entire dress was blue, then it became a blue band on the hem. This
is why most brides wear blue in their garter.
" Sixpence In The shoe" - Placing a silver sixpence in the bride's left shoe was done to bring wealth to the bride's
marriage.
marriage.
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The tradition of a best man has its origin with the Germanic Goths, when it was customary and preferable for a man
to marry a woman from within his own community. When women came into short supply "locally," eligible bachelors
would have to seek out and capture a bride from a neighboring community. As you might guess, this was not a
one-person operation, and so the future bridegroom would be accompanied by a male companion who would help.
Our custom of the best man is a throwback to that two-man, strong-armed tactic, for, of course the future groom
would select only the best man he knew to come along for such an important task.
The role of the best man evolved. By 200 A.D. his task was still more than just safeguarding the ring. There remained
a real threat that the bride's family would attempt to forcibly obtain her return, so the best man remained at the
groom's side throughout the marriage ceremony, alert and well-armed. He continued his duties after the ceremony by
standing guard as sentry outside the newlywed's home. Much of this is German folklore, but is not without written
documentation and physical artifacts. We have records that indicate that beneath the altars of many churches of
early peoples (the Huns, Goths, Visigoths, and Vandals) there lay an arsenal of clubs, knives, and spears. The
indication is that these were there to protect the groom from possible attack by the bride's family in an attempt to
recapture her
to marry a woman from within his own community. When women came into short supply "locally," eligible bachelors
would have to seek out and capture a bride from a neighboring community. As you might guess, this was not a
one-person operation, and so the future bridegroom would be accompanied by a male companion who would help.
Our custom of the best man is a throwback to that two-man, strong-armed tactic, for, of course the future groom
would select only the best man he knew to come along for such an important task.
The role of the best man evolved. By 200 A.D. his task was still more than just safeguarding the ring. There remained
a real threat that the bride's family would attempt to forcibly obtain her return, so the best man remained at the
groom's side throughout the marriage ceremony, alert and well-armed. He continued his duties after the ceremony by
standing guard as sentry outside the newlywed's home. Much of this is German folklore, but is not without written
documentation and physical artifacts. We have records that indicate that beneath the altars of many churches of
early peoples (the Huns, Goths, Visigoths, and Vandals) there lay an arsenal of clubs, knives, and spears. The
indication is that these were there to protect the groom from possible attack by the bride's family in an attempt to
recapture her