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Whether you are getting married in Scotland, be married abroad, here are some great Scottish wedding traditions that can add a taste of Scotland and a touch of luck to your wedding!

Luckenbooth Brooch

Give your love a clip of Scotland, called "Luckenbooth" as a sample of your love or as a marriage gift. Usually silver and is engraved with two hearts intertwined. Many couples then pin this to your first baby blanket for good luck.

Gift Show

Every woman who sent a wedding gift is invited by the bride and her mother home to take tea and cakes (or something stronger). All wedding gifts are opened and presented 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 substantiate this claim outrageous and slanderous.

After The Gift Show

The bride is dressed by all his friends that his parade through the city, while hitting pots and pans. While embarrassing for the bride, is financially profitable as viewers were encouraged to toss a coin in a bucket or pan for good luck.

The Stag Night

A few days before the wedding the bride is taken out on the town by his friends to celebrate their last night of "freedom" for having "few". Depending on friends, this can also lead to a blackening …

Blackenings

Anyone on the stag night or any other time, the groom is topless (or more) and covered with molasses, soot, feathers, or flour. It is then paraded around town with a lot noise and hilarity.

The purpose is to embarrass the groom as much as possible – and never stop that!

A coin in the shoe girlfriend

Traditionally, a silver coin (called a coin) was placed on the bride's shoe for good luck. In six pence longer exist, this has been replaced by a coin or any modern "type of silver coin.

A Sprig of Heather

Another custom to promote good luck was to hide a sprig of heather in the bridal bouquet.

The Wedding Dress wedding

Traditionally, the bride always wear a white dress to demonstrate their purity. Little touches of tartan are also nice.

Clothing boyfriend

Whether full Highland dress or modern dress. The modern version of the wedding dress consists of a short skirt, Bonnie Prince Charlie jacket, a vest, a kilt, white socks with flashes of tartan on the top, shoes accent pin skirt, Skean Dhu (Scottish Dirk knife), backpack, black belt with buckle, and a winged-collar shirt with a tie black tie. A sprig of white heather is usually worn on the lapel of luck.

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue

This is absolutely essential for any good Scotland's girlfriend.

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 the family, and something blue could be a blue garter, symbolizing love.

Flowers Eyelet

Traditionally buttonhole carnation is white for the groom, best man, and ushers. Red carnations for all the guests from other men. Guests can use eyelets woman carnations, orchids, and camellias.

The bride leaves the house with his right foot

When a bride leaves her house on the way to the ceremony their wedding, they should always go with 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 fills two handled mug with whiskey and passes it around of the guests so we can all have a celebration DRAMs.

Creeling

This is where the bride and groom is "Creel 'to leave the church. Two people on each side of the door, lifts the fishing basket with ribbons. The happy couple then cut the ribbons and the basket dropped. This is to bring health and wealth of the couple.

Throwing the bouquet

After the ceremony, the bride throws her bouquet from above the shoulder and the first girl to catch, will be the next to marry. In the old days they used to throw a shoe.

Linking shoe

As well as the obligatory cans or balloons, you should always tie shoes to the back of the "newlyweds" car. Lady readers will be glad to know that besides being essential for their health and happiness, shoes are also a symbol of good luck. In fact, in times of the Tudors, the guests used to throw shoes at the bride and groom of luck. A very useful to tell your husband when you buy the next pair of shoes "just had to have"!

Lucky horseshoe

The traditional symbol of good luck. After the ceremony, a page will be presented to the bride with a shoe as she leaves the church.

The wedding fight

This is a great tradition wedding for children and is said to bring good financial luck. As the bride and groom are entering the car after the wedding ceremony, the bride's father gives a handful of silver coins in the grass for the children of the town of "struggle".

Traditional Grand March at the wedding reception

This is where the bride and groom were piped to the table at the wedding reception. They are followed by bridesmaid and best man, parents of both and finally, all the other guests.

Washing the feet

The bride sits with his feet in a tub of water, while wash all your friends. Usually a married woman would throw her wedding ring in the tub. The first girl to find the ring would be the next to marry. Could be a great party game!

The Groom carries bride over the threshold

Everyone knows this. The boyfriend does this to avoid evil spirits or bad luck to come into your home.

Finally, however and wherever you do it, have a big Scottish wedding!

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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