{"id":329,"date":"2012-06-11T18:20:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T12:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/?p=329"},"modified":"2012-06-11T18:21:31","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T12:51:31","slug":"as-the-popular-english-poem-goes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/as-the-popular-english-poem-goes\/","title":{"rendered":"As the popular english poem goes.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>&#8220;Something old, something new<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Something borrowed, something blue<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>And a silver sixpence in her shoe.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Each item refers to a good luck token for a bride. The custom is that if the bride carries all four items on her wedding day, she will have a happy marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Each verse refers to a good luck item:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Something old<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; continuity with the bride&#8217;s family and the past<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Something new<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; optimism and hope for the bride&#8217;s new life ahead<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Something borrowed<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; an item from a happily married friend or family member, whose good fortune in marriage is supposed to carry over to the new bride<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Something blue<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Before the late 19th century, blue was a popular color for wedding gowns, as evidenced in proverbs like, &#8220;Marry in blue, lover be true.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/something-blue-brides.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-331\" title=\"Wedding Guru: Something Blue\" src=\"http:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/something-blue-brides.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/something-blue-brides.jpg 640w, https:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/something-blue-brides-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/something-blue-brides-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Popular Ideas<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Something Old<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A relative&#8217;s wedding gown or using a piece of the fabric to sew into your own gown or wrap the bridal bouquet<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A family heirloom: jewelry, veil, headpiece, handkerchief<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A piece of fabric from an old childhood doll or article of clothing, either sewn into your gown or used as a wrap for your bouquet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A locket with photos of your parents or grandparents.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Something New<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">New shoes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">New jewelry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You wedding gown, if purchased new.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">New lingerie or garter<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Something Borrowed<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Often, this is jewelry belonging to someone close to you: earrings, a watch, pearls, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A veil or headpiece<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A brooch or hair comb<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A purse<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Something Blue<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Monogram in blue thread sewn into wedding dress<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blue shoes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blue lingerie<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blue nail polish<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jewelry accents in blue: earrings, rings, bracelets, anklet, toe rings, necklaces containing sapphires, topaz, aquamarine, Swarovski crystals, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blue bouquet accents: ribbon wrap, brooches, cameos, lockets<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blue sash for wedding gown<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blue embroidery on wedding gown<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blue hair accessories: hair clips\/barrettes, headband, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blue rhinestones glued to bottom of wedding shoes in shape of initials<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Something old, something new Something borrowed, something blue And a silver sixpence in her shoe.&#8221; Each item refers to a good luck token for a bride. The custom is that if the bride carries all four items on her wedding day, she will have a happy marriage. Each verse refers to a good luck item: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"czr-hentry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337,"href":"https:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingguru.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}