who came up with that idea and when.
2007-12-11 02:54:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
I am one-quarter English, and this is a tradition that originated in England many centuries ago. Attendees at the wedding wished to share in the happiness of the bride and would grab at her clothes and her person, trying to get a "piece" of her happiness. At times, they would actually chase her! The bride actually began throwing the bouquet as a self-protective act and as the tradition grew, it came to develop into the tradition of tossing it to all of the single women at the wedding, with the "catcher" of the bouquet predicted to become the next bride.
2007-12-11 03:01:55 · answer #1 · answered by abc 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Way back in 1887 during a ceremony for a farmer's daughter - a bee got stuck in the bride's boquet... it was just after the ceremony and although the bride just tried shaking the bee out of the bouqet, she accidentally tossed it. One of her bridesmaids caught it. To save herself embarassment she said "that's for good luck and now you'll be the next to marry" and everyone in the wedding party smiled and laughed and the 'tradition' took off from there (and the bridesmaid was the next to get married).
2007-12-11 03:05:34 · answer #2 · answered by mJc 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
It was originally for luck- then lucky came to be defined as the "next to get married"
2007-12-11 04:14:31 · answer #3 · answered by sarah jane 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so someone can take the bouquet home and enjoy it. long time tradition at least 100 years
2007-12-11 03:46:19 · answer #4 · answered by Nora 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Used to be rice/ birdseed- to have a bountiful future...but rice can be bad for birds- it expands as it gets moist= hurt the birds and bird seed can root if it is not eaten, cleaned up. So flowers, bubbles, sparklers, candles....came to be used.
2007-12-11 03:04:00 · answer #5 · answered by texasgirlof2 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋