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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18456, 18 January 1922, Page 6

Brides and bridegrooms, particularly the former, have sometimes very decided opinions as to tho auguries supposed to attend marriage on a particular day or date or tho month of tho year. It is not surprising, therefore, to find that the meticulous labours of statisticians yield evidence of a widespread acceptance of the superstition expressed in the saw: “Married in May, you will rue the day.” A misogynist might ask why May is singled out for this Cassa-nclra-like prophecy. Tho latest volume of commonwealth vital statistics suggests, at any rate, that, many brides and bridegrooms are intent upon getting the ceremony over before this month (says the Age). Accordingly, April is revealed as the most popular month for weddings, although tho fact that more marriages take place in May than in January, February. July (which has the lowest, number), and November would indicate that many matrimonial candidates reject the superstition. The youngest contracting parties wore two brides of 14, who married boy-husbands of 17. One bride of 36 joined her fortunes to those of a man of 87. The percentage of minors to tlj© total number of people who made tho fateful plunge has steadily reduced during the lost decade, and among the States the actual number is still highest in New South Wales. The longest interval between marriage and first birth was 27 yeaert-