Wedding

Marry when the year is new, always loving, always true,

When February Birds do mate, you may wed or dread your fate

If you wed when March winds blow, joy and sorrow both you'll know

Marry in April when you can, joy for maiden and for man,

Marry in the month of May, you will surely rue the day,

Marry when June roses blow, over land and sea you'll go,

They who in July do wed, must labour always for their bread,

Whoever wed in August be, many a change are sure to see,

Marry in September's shine, your living will be rich and fine,

If in October you do marry, love will come but riches tarry,

If you wed in bleak November, only Joy will, remember,

When December snows fall fast, marry and true love will last.

A candle is a simple thing,It starts with just a piece of string.Yet dipped and dipped with patient hand,It gathers wax upon the strandUntil, complete and snowy white,It gives at last a lovely light.Life seems like that piece of string,Each deed we do a simple thing.Yet day by day, if on life's strand

We work with patient heart and hand,

It gathers joy, makes dark days bright

And gives at last a lovely light.

The lucky horseshoe is said to be linked to the legend associated with the 10th century St. Dunstan who trapped the Devil and as a result extracted a promise never to enter the house of a Christian, which he would recognise by a horseshoe hung above the door. Hence the symbolism of the "Lucky Horseshoe"; the Bride carries today is lost in the mists of time but is still a potent reminder of our culture and historic roots. Because the horseshoe is " U " shaped, to retain the the good luck forever. The horseshoe should not be turned upside down or else all the good luck of the marriage may fall out. A related tradition says that it is very good luck to see a Grey horse en route to the Church, even more good luck if the Bride travelled in a carriage drawn by a grey horse, whilst the luckiest horseshoes came from the hind feet of a Grey Mare.