Wedding Reception

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• Something Old, Something New and Other Traditions

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• Now there is an interesting custom which you
  could use for your own family tradition. Make a
  small pouch out of cloth. Put inside a small
  piece of bread, a wood sliver, a tiny piece of
  cloth and a dollar note folded into a tiny square
  or a dollar coin.

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• To continue, the wedding reception venues
  are where the garter being thrown comes into
  play. The story goes that at reception venues in
  medieval times, the wedding guests walked merrily
  along with the bridal couple to the bridal
  chamber.  Fueled by alcohol though, some guests
  would try to disrobe the bride and take other
  liberties, so other solutions were quickly
  thought of.  Therefore, grooms started throwing
  the brides garter away from the bed chamber.
  This distracted the rowdy men who would chase it
  down the corridor and fight over it.

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• The custom of throwing the garter still
  survives. When the garters caught today, like at
  reception venues in Melbourne , its good luck for
  the single man who catches it and tradition
  states that hes the next to marry. A continuing
  custom is for the bachelor who catches the garter
  to put it on the leg of the unmarried woman who
  catches the bouquet. According to wedding lore,
  they are the next to marry but not necessarily to
  each other. Wedding lore can be fun, fascinating
  and funny. And its an interesting topic to talk
  aboutat your bridal shower or as tidbits to laugh
  over with your bridesmaids. How much did you know
  about these traditions before reading this
  article?

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