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Wedding Fun Facts - Part 2   by Janet Irving

Wedding Fun Facts – Part 2
Do you know why your wedding ring is a circle? It is not because that is how your finger is; the circular shape of the wedding ring has symbolized undying, unending love since the days of the early Egyptians. A primitive bride wore a ring of hemp or rushes, which had to be replaced often. Durable iron was used by the Romans to symbolize the permanence of marriage. Today’s favorite is, gold, with its lasting qualities of beauty and purity. In ancient times, when life was much harder and often shorter, husbands practiced a superstitious ritual to ensure their wives spirits wouldn’t leave too soon. The husband would wrap the bride’s ankles and wrists with ropes of grass believing this would keep her spirit within her. Over the years, as religious beliefs evolved, the meaning and material of the bonds evolved as well. Today, brides don’t bind their wrist and ankles, only their ring finger, and grooms have adopted the practice as well. The grass gave way first to leather, then stone, then metal and finally to gold and silver. Today the ring symbolizes the love and bond between the husband and wife.
Wedding tears of joy are considered good luck for bride as she will cry all her tears away leaving none for the marriage. Another is that the bride’s tears are good luck. Another good luck bad luck myth is the wearing of pearls on your wedding day. It represents future tears; and will bring many tears and heartache in the marriage. The luckier version implies that the pearls take the place of the bride’s real tears, thus she will have a happy, tear-free wedding.
The bride and groom make the first cut of the cake to signify sharing their life together and every guest then eats at least a crumb of the cake to ensure good luck. Sharing the first piece of wedding cake is a wedding tradition with Roman roots. The Romans believed that by eating the wedding cake together a special bond was created between the couple. The wheat used to bake the cake was symbolic of fertility and a fruitful union, while the cake’s sweetness was thought to bring sweetness to all areas of the couple’s new life. It was believed if a single woman sleeps with a piece of wedding cake under her pillow, she will dream of her future husband.
The word wed is derived from the ancient Greek word for pledge, and that’s exactly what a wedding is. No matter what country it takes place in and no matter what culture it is part of to wed is to pledge yourself to another. There are few acts we perform that are more pure or more beautiful that the act of marriage.
Your wedding day is special no matter if it is just with a wedding ring, wedding cake and the bride and groom. Go ahead and enjoy it to the fullest.

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