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The groom takes great delight in knowing that his special bride is wearing a set of wedding garters and he will have the pleasure of removing and tossing at least one of these garters. In Tudor times it was not so. Guests back in those times could actually throw old shoes at the bride and groom. If their carriage was hit by one of the shoes, it was considered to be a sign of good luck for the couple.
On the other hand in Anglo Saxon times the groom would symbolically strike his bride with a shoe as a sign of good luck. To complete the equation the bride would throw an old shoe at the bridesmaids to see who would be the next to marry. Of course it was believed that the bridesmaid who got hit by the shoe would be the next to get married.
It was believed also that throwing an old shoe at the bride indicated that the authority of her father was transferred to her husband.
Today brides all over the world celebrate the bouquet and the wedding garter toss. Cheers to the lovely bride!
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