COLOURS FOR THE BRIDE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19835, 26 June 1934, Page 12

COLOURS FOR THE BRIDE

It is not surprising that sc important an event as a wedding should be surrounded by a number of superstitions, states an exchange. In bygone days these superstitions were very numerous, and it was hardly possible to make a move or decide on an action without coming into contact with one or more of them. To-day most of us are more enlightened and we igno:e u r ith splendid complaisance any ill omen that may arise before us on the all-import-ant day. The superstitious of our forbears were not without interest, however, in spite of the fact that they were seldom, if ever, founded on any show of reason. Colours.—Here is a well-known rhyme that touches on the important subject of the colour of the bride’s attire:— Married in white, She has chosen aright. Married in blue, Her love will be true. Married in yellow, She’ll be ashamed of the fellow. Married in red, She’ll wish herself deid. Married in black. She’ll wish herself back. Married in grey, She’ll travel far away. Married in pink, And her spirits will sink. Married in green, She’ll be ashamed to le seen. It should not be supposed that these prophecies depend upon any very abstruse lore of fate. The following colour interpretations are calculated to be more correct, and for several centuries they have been accepted as faithful portents—more or less—of the future:— White is a symbol of purity and '■f high virtues. Green typifies youth, hoy and happiness. Red is a sign of vigour, courage, and great passion. There may be a touch of jealousv in its reading, however. Violet dehotes dignity, pride, and a condition of high ideals. Some of the above ideas are incorporated in the old jingle which claim 3 that the bride should wear Something old and something new, Something borrowed, something blue.