I Wonder if Brides Are Still This Superstitious??

@Hate2Iron (15727)
Canada
October 1, 2015 12:10pm CST
When you picket out your bridal bouquet, it was probably make of sweetly scented flowers, but that wasn't always the case. If you can believe it, in medieval times, a young woman would carry bouquets of garlic, chives or any other herbs that had a strong fragrance to protect themselves and their new union from all things evil. I found the church where my great, great, grandmother was married. I would have to look up the date, to be sure, but I wonder what bouquets women in the 18th century carried? Sadly I haven't been able to get back any further than that to date.
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Nitin Sharma
@Rationalwriter (1813)
• Lucknow, India
29 Nov 15
A lot of cultures have lot of superstition to this date!! Some still consider that if the last name of the bride and groom are starting from same alphabet then it is bad luck... Some places it is considered a bad omen to get married in the month of may!!! So, I wont b surprised if the above said tradition is still running somewhere in the world!!
sofs
@sofssu (23662)
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5 Oct 15
Imagine carrying a bouquet of chives and garlic.. eeks they smell really strong and the brides hands would probably smell of those things too.. However, garlic flowers and chives flowers with some herbs thrown in would make a good looking bouquet.
much2say
@much2say (55354)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Oct 15
I could see how a bouquet like that would come in handy if the bride were to cook dinner that evening - hee hee! Well I'm glad they switched that to flowers - to welcome in all good things for the marriage!!
Always smiling
@allknowing (135375)
• India
2 Oct 15
It would be interesting if you dug further and found out what brides in those days believed in. We had our own beliefs which are still doing the rounds.
Anna
@LadyDuck (470823)
• Switzerland
2 Oct 15
In the 18th century they also had flowers, at least here in Europe. I have seen many painting of that era and the brides had a flower bouquet.
Sharon
@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
3 Oct 15
I didn't know that about garlic and chive bouquets. That is really interesting to know as I thought it had always been flowers.
PinkChaimpagne
@PinkChaimpagne (40)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
1 Oct 15
That could be where the tradition of having flowers as bouqets came from. Today, no bride uses garlic or other herbs anymore. It will seem eccentric to use those nowadays.