Wedding custom around the world (3)
Belgium1):The bride may still embroider2) her name on her handkerchief, carry it on the wedding day, then frame it and keep it until the next family bride marries.
Bermuda3):Islanders top their tiered4) wedding cakes with a tiny sapling. The newlyweds plant the tree at their home, where they can watch it grow, as their marriage grows.
Bohemia5):The groom gives the bride a rosary6), a prayer book, a girdle7) with three keys(to guard her virtue), a fur cap, and a silver wedding ring. The bride gives the groom a shirt sewn with gold thread blended with colored silks and a wedding ring. Before the ceremony, the grooms-man wraps the groom in the bride’s cloak8) to keep evil spirits from creeping in9) and dividing their two hearts.