Karen’s Reviews > Lucky in Love: Traditions, Customs, and Rituals to Personalize Your Wedding > Status Update

If you prefer to give something practical as well as lucky consider spices or salt (which add flavor and preserve food the way love does life). candles are also a symbol of your love the guests can use to add light and warmth to their homes.

Could include a maple leaf in the boutonnières

The something old is meant to indicate that the love the bride had before getting married will continue. The something new is to guarantee luck in her married life. Something borrowed is a reminder that her friends will always be there to help. And something blue is for everlasting devotion and fidelity.

Many Asian brides choose jade jewelry which is considered very lucky. Irish brides avoid green because it’s the fairies favorite color and they could lure the bride away. On the other hand, for the a same reason it’s good luck for bridesmaids to wear green to distract the spirits.

Remember that the noise of a baby crying at your ceremony is considered good luck, inviting more of that sound into your future.

In Ancient Rome flower girls held shelves of wheat to represent fertility and abundance. In the Middle Ages and as late as the middle of the last century they toted garlic and dill to repel evil spirits… whatever type of flowers or herbs she throws, they’re meant to line the couple’s path with prosperity and luck.

Clinking of glasses at the reception scares off evil spirits.

Catholics in northern us and Canada may hang rosary beads outdoors - on a lamppost, bush, or clothesline - either the night before or the morning of the wedding while praying for good weather.

Wheat, pomegranates, and nuts are autumnal symbols associated with fertility/bountiful harvest.