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Whether you are getting married in Scotland, be married abroad, here are some great Scottish wedding traditions you can add a taste of Scotland and a touch of luck to your wedding!
Broche Luckenbooth
Give your love a clip of Scotland, called "Luckenbooth" as sample love or marriage as a gift. It is usually made of silver and is engraved with two hearts intertwined. Many couples then this pin to your first baby blanket for good luck.
Gift Show
Each woman who sent a wedding gift is invited by the bride and her mother to her house for tea and cakes (or something stronger). All wedding gifts are opened and laid out for all to see. Scottish men have long suspected that this is only an excuse for a party. However, until now, there has been no real evidence to support this outrageous and slanderous claim.
After The Show Presents
The bride dresses for all her friends that her parade through the city, while banging on pots and pans. While embarrassing for the bride, was financially rewarding as viewers were encouraged to throw a coin into a bucket or pan for good luck.
The bachelor party
A few days before the wedding the groom is taken into the city for their friends to celebrate his last night of "freedom" for having "few". Depending on your friends this can also lead to a blackening ...
Blackenings
Or at the bachelor party or any other time, the groom is bare-chested (or more) and covered with treacle, soot, feathers, or flour. It is then paraded around town with a lot of noise and hilarity.
The purpose is to embarrass the groom, if possible - and never stop doing that!
A coin in the shoe of the bride
Traditionally, of a small silver coin (a coin called) was placed on the bride's shoe for good luck. As there are no sixpences, this has been replaced by a penny or any modern "type of silver coin.
A Sprig of Heather
Another custom to promote good luck was hide a sprig of heather in the bridal bouquet.
Bride Wedding Dress
Traditionally, the bride always wore a white dress to show its purity. plaid little touches are also welcome.
The groom's Clothing
Any full Highland dress or suit today. The modern version of the kilt wedding dress is a short jacket, Bonnie Prince Charlie, a vest, a plaid skirt, white socks with flashes of tartan in the top, shoes accent, kilt pin, dhu dagger (Scottish Dirk knife), Sporran, black belt with buckle, and a shirt winged collar with a black bow tie. A sprig of white heather is usually worn on the lapel for luck.
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
This is absolutely essential for any good Scottish wedding.
Something old can be a piece of jewelry from the mother of the bride, something new can be the wedding dress, something borrowed may be jewelry or clothing of family members, and something blue could be a blue garter that symbolizes love.
Eyelet Flowers
Traditionally, white carnation buttonhole for the groom, best man and ushers. Red carnations on the other male guests. The Guests can use eyelets women carnations, orchids, and camellias.
The bride leaves the house with the right foot
When the bride leaves her house, on the way to her wedding ceremony, she always should step on the right foot for luck.
Scottish Quaich or Loving Cup
The Scottish Quaich or Loving Cup is a traditional way of involving all family and friends at the wedding. After the ceremony, the bride two handled this bowl filled with whiskey and passes it around to guests so we can all have a celebration "dram."
Trimmings
This is where the bride and groom "Creel 'when they leave the church. Two people on each side of the door, hold the fishing basket with ribbons. The happy couple then cut the tapes and the basket of the falls to the ground. This is done to achieve health and wealth of the couple.
Throwing the bouquet
After the ceremony, the bride throws her bouquet over her shoulder and the first girl to catch, will be the next to marry. In the old days they used to throw a shoe.
Tying Shoes
As well as the obligatory cans or balloons, you should always tie shoes to the back of the "just married" car. Lady readers will be pleased to know that besides being essential for their health and happiness, the shoes are also a symbol of good luck. In fact, in Tudor times, the guests used to throw shoes at the bride and groom for luck. A very useful information to tell her husband when you buy that pair of shoes next to "just had to have"!
Lucky Horseshoe
The symbol traditional good luck. After the ceremony, a page presented to the bride with a shoe as she leaves the church.
The wedding fight
This is an ideal wedding tradition for children and is said to bring good financial luck. As the bride and groom are getting into the car after the ceremony wedding, the father of the bride throws a handful of silver coins to the grass for the local children to "climb" over.
Great place traditional wedding reception
This is where the bride and groom are channeled to the head table at the wedding reception. They are followed by bridesmaid and the best man, parents of both, and finally all the other guests.
Washing Feet
The bride sits with feet in a tub of water while washing all your friends. Generally, a married woman threw her wedding ring in the bathtub. The first girl to find the ring would next to marry. It could be a great party game!
The groom carries the bride over the threshold
Everyone knows this. The boyfriend does this to prevent evil spirits or bad luck to enter your home.
Finally, however you do and where they do, have a Scottish wedding great!
Michael Breck is a professional Magician and Entertainment Agent in Scotland. He has been entertaining at weddings and booking entertainment for weddings for over twenty years. For more ideas about wedding entertainment go to Entertainment for Weddings or Magical Entertainment
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