Showing posts with label irish wedding traditions and customs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label irish wedding traditions and customs. Show all posts

Thursday, 26 July 2012

Irish wedding traditions

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a sixpence in your shoe.


Irish culture is steeped in tradition:

Traditionally, the Irish bride wore a blue dress, the colour symbloising purity.

The Magic Hankie was carried by the bride on her wedding day then stitched into a bonnet for the first born baby's Christening day.

A tier of the wedding cake was also kept for the first born baby's christening.

Candle ceremony
I love the role that candles play in the Irish wedding ceremony...it's such a beautiful, romantic and symbolic element of the wedding.
Image from wedding candles Ireland