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patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 12 Mar

The original wedding tradition has the bride's father walking her down the aisle to pass her over to her new husband. As of late, the groom walks down the aisle with both his parents, then the wedding party, and the bride with...

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Parties Called "Poundings"

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 24 Jan 17

I just posted an article about wedding traditions but I found another tidbit of information. Something that I have never heard before. This was news to me. In the American frontier days, close friends of the bride, gave parties...

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Wedding Traditions

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 24 Jan 17

My long career of selling jewelry brought me into contact with a lot of brides-to-be, who purchased their wedding jewelry from me, especially matching jewelry for the bridesmaids and jewelry for the bride’s trousseau. I also...

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Unusual Wedding Traditions

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 29 Sep 15

I have been listening to some Amish stories lately and this week I learned that the women don't feel the need to wear engagement or wedding bands. I'm not sure that this applies to all Amish communities, but apparently in this...

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Porcospino @Porcospino (31365) • Denmark 21 Mar 11

Two days ago my brother got married. They had decided to get married at the town hall instead of having a church wedding. It was the first time that I went to a wedding that didn't take place in the church, and they didn't have a...

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An American traditional clothing?

beamer88 @beamer88 (4259) • Philippines 28 Jan 11

I posted a discussion a while ago about having attended my cousin's wedding, a Filipino, to a British national. His best man was Scottish and he wore Scottish kilts. I had asked if people wear their traditional clothing when they...

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Have you seen/heard this at a wedding before?

reinydawn @reinydawn (11642) • United States 22 Jun 09

Over the weekend, I went to a wedding. It was for a young couple - the son of a very close friend of mine. They were on a very tight budget and it was kinda skimpy in a lot of areas. But it was VERY nice. We had a great...

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Why do people tie old shoes and cans on the back of newlyweds' cars?

tammyr @tammyr (5945) • Etowah, Tennessee 9 Jun 08

This is an old tradition that lots of people partake in, but do we know why? I know it makes a lot of noise so everyone will look at them as they travel to where they are going, but I'd like to know where the tradition came from....

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