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Show WEDDING SUPERSTITIONS The custom of including the thimble, thim-ble, wedding ring, and other similar objocts In tho wedding cake is comparatively com-paratively modern. The ring signifies that tho person who receives tho piece of cake containing con-taining It, will be tho first to wed. The thlmblo dooms tho recipient to an aid maid's fate, whllo a coin portends wealth. The button fortella bachelorhood. bachelor-hood. A bride should cut tho first slice of the wedding cake as it will bring her luck. However, it is unlucky for her to bake the bridal cake. If any mishap befalls tho cako, It portends sorrow in tho bride's married life. If an unmarried woman eat3 a pieco of tho cake that tho bride has left on her plate, sho will bo married soon. For an unmarried girl to carry a ploco of wedding cake ln her pocket until the honeymoon Is over, means that she will marry before the dress Is worn out. When there is a wedding In the fam-j lly for tho first time a pieco of tho brldo's cake should bo left In the house until all the ughtcrs are married, otherwise the? will remain single. rtr |