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Happy is the Bride the Sun Shines On Wedding Beliefs Customs and - photo 1
Happy is the Bride the Sun Shines On
Wedding Beliefs, Customs, and Traditions
Leslie Jones
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CONTEMPORARY BOOKS
A TRIBUNE COMPANY

title:Happy Is the Bride the Sun Shines On : Wedding Beliefs, Customs, and Traditions
author:Jones, Leslie.
publisher:NTC Contemporary
isbn10 | asin:0809234327
print isbn13:9780809234325
ebook isbn13:9780071404099
language:English
subjectMarriage customs and rites--United States, Weddings--United States--Folklore, United States--Social life and customs.
publication date:1995
lcc:GT2703.J66 1995eb
ddc:392/.5/0973
subject:Marriage customs and rites--United States, Weddings--United States--Folklore, United States--Social life and customs.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jones, Leslie, 1959
Happy is the bride the sun shines on: a collection of American
wedding beliefs / by Leslie Jones.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-8092-3432-7 (cloth)
1. Marriage rites and ceremoniesUnited States. 2. Weddings
United StatesFolklore. 3. United StatesSocial life and
customs. I. Title.
GT2703.J66 1995
392.50973dc20
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Illustrations by Edgar Blakeney
Copyright 1995 by Leslie Jones
All rights reserved
Published by Contemporary Books
An imprint of NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
Two Prudential Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60601-6790
Manufactured in the United States of America
International Standard Book Number: 0-8092-3432-7
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Contents
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction
ix
1
Brides with Their Showers Sweet
1
2
A Weepy Ring Foretells a Weepy Marriage
7
3
With This Ring...
11
4
Ring Around the Baby
17
5
The Glitter of Jewels
21
6
Marry in White, Everything Right
25
7
Dress for Success
29
8
The Single Most Widely Known Wedding Superstition in America
35
9
Pass the Veil On
39
10
Lucky Garter
43
11
Stocking Up
47
12
A Lump of Sugar in Your Glove
49
13
A Bridal Posy
51
14
Warming the Threshold
59
15
Jumping the Broom
63
16
Good Housekeeping
67
17
On Pins and Needles
71
18
Awakened by Birds Singing
73

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19
Lucky Gifts
77
20
Marry Under a Full Moon
81
21
Marry on Monday for Wealth
85
22
When December's Snows Fall Fast...
89
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