_Baltimore, Md. (negro)._
350. Wednesday is the luckiest day on which to be married. Saturday is
the unluckiest. Friday is also unlucky.
_Bathurst, N.B._
THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY.
351. Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.
_Northern Ohio._
352. If it rains on the wedding, the bride will cry all her married life.
_Talladega, Ala._
353. To marry in a storm betokens an unhappy life.
_Peabody, Mass._
354. It is unlucky to drop the ring at the marriage ceremony.
_New York._
355. A bride must step over the church sill with her right foot.
_Orange Co., N.Y._
356. A double wedding is unlucky; one of the marriages will be unhappy.
_Massachusetts._
357. The pair to be married should stand in line with the cracks in the
floor, and not at right angles to them.
_Omaha, Neb._
358. When a couple are married and are driving off, if old shoes are
thrown after them for good luck, and one of the shoes lodges on the coach
or carriage, it is a sign that one of the party will die before the year
is out.
_Waltham, Mass._
359. After the marriage ceremony is performed, the one that walks first
from the altar is the one who will die first, either bride or groom.
_Alabama._
360. Old slippers or rice must be thrown after a bride for good luck.
_General in the United States._
361. If the younger sister is married before the elder, the latter will
have to dance in a pig's trough.
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