Something Old, New, Borrowed, Blue
The tradition of the bride wearing something old (for continuity), new (optimism for the future), borrowed (happiness), and blue (fidelity, good fortune, and love) on her wedding day stems from an Old English rhyme. The “something borrowed” comes from the superstition that happiness rubs off, so the bride borrowed something from a happily married woman. “Something blue” comes from the notion that the shade denotes fidelity, purity and love.
There’s also a fifth, though often dropped, line of the rhyme: “A penny in your shoe” (or, in England, a sixpence). Each is said to help ensure a lifetime of fortune.
I used them all – we have been married almost 61 years –
DO U THINK THEY WORKED – or was it that we STRONGLY meant – the ‘for better – for worse’ part of the ceremony??? LOVE can conquer ALL – IF ALL WORK TO THAT END!!!
L.