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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something
Blue
The full wording of this popular bridal attire rhyme is
'something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a silver
sixpence in your shoe'.
Something old refers to wearing something that represents a link with the
bride's family and her old life.
Wearing something new represents good fortune and success in the bride's
new life.
Wearing something borrowed, which has already been worn by a happy bride
at her wedding.
Wearing something blue dates back to biblical times when the colour blue
was considered to represent purity and fidelity.
Placing a silver sixpence in the bride's left shoe is a symbol of wealth. |
