Have you ever heard the little ditty about what a bride needs - ‘something new, something old, something blue, something borrowed and a sixpence in her shoe’? Ever wondered what it meant?
Something old
Signifies a sense of continuity, tradition and represents the link to the bride's old life and her family.
Something new
Signifies the couple's new beginning, new life together as well as their hopes for the future.
Something borrowed
Something borrowed from a happily married friend or family member to wish that your married life will also be happy, it also reminds the bride that friends and family will still be there for her when the wedding is over.
Something blue
Blue represents fidelity, love, and purity.
And a silver sixpence for her shoe
Signifies a wealth of both money and happiness and joy.
The sixpence, first minted in the reign of Edward VI (1551), has been associated with weddings since the reign of Elizabeth I. The custom of giving a silver sixpence as a lucky charm to bring wealth and happiness to the married couple began in Victorian times. The custom says that, to ensure the couple's wealth and happiness, the bride should put the coin in her left shoe. In some areas the custom is for the father of the bride to put the sixpence in the shoe.
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