San Juan Record | 1919-03-05 | Page 2 | Superstition Hard to Down

superstition HA HARD D TO DOWN quaint belief in reference to io wed ding customs that prevail in inthia this and other countries there are more superstitions in reference to the ma marriage ceremony than in to any other in common life they refer to such matters the clothes to be worn by the bride to the year month and dakof day of the wedding in sweden it lt Is believed chatie that it a girl Is fond of cats she will not be an old maid we should expect the opposite 61 te one of our proverbs says that thatis it Is luck for a bride to see her face in a glass by c candle nale that a wedding feast postponed bodes bodea bad lack inch bees must be tol tl of a welling and get bet some of the cake the plus pins used in the dress of the bride at her wedding must be all thrown away it if retained by the bridesmaids they will not marry before whitsuntide A girl must beware of being beina three times a bridesmaid for she niver never will be a bride it augurs III tor for a wedding it if a bride does nov not weep profusely no witch can shed more than three tears and those fromherz from her left e eye y e only buly A copious ou s flood of tears gives assurance to the husband that tho the lady has not plighted her troth to satan andas and Is no witch philadelphia inquirer