THE QUAICH.
The Scottish cup of kindness, welcome, and friendship.
There are a number of ways that you can use a Quaich in your wedding ceremony, including to toast your marriage.
i'll lend you mine, and I'll even teach you how to pronounce it the Scots way.
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LUCKY WHITE HEATHER. It wouldn't be a Scots wedding without i because it is believed to bring good luck to whoever wears it.
White heather is quite rare, and won't grow in most of Australia (Tassie is the exception). so you are likely to have to resort to artificial, but the luck still counts.
Learn all about it, including 14 different ways to include lucky white heather in your wedding, by reading my article.
URL:https://www.jennifercram.com.au/BLOG/lucky_white_heather.htm
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THE SCRAMBLE
Also called The Scoor-Out, it's a custom I love to suggest to my couples, but with a twist to make it way safer than the way it used to be done.
Way back when, the groom would throw small denomination coins out onto the road for local children, who had gathered in anticipation, as the couple left the Kirk. And the kids would scramble for them.
No wonder the custom fell out of favour!
But done at the end of the ceremony, in or near the ceremony space and we'll out of the way of traffic, it can be immense fun. Lollies (wrapped ones) can be substituted. Whether coins or confectionery, the origin of The Scramble probably has something to do with sharing luck and happiness and have some fertility symbolism, too.
Think if it as a cross between throwing the bouquet and tossing confetti. Both fun and great for photos
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I always explain what is going to happen and ask the older children to make sure that the younger ones get a fair share.
Of course you want to start your married life off on the right foot! Follow the Scottish custom of entering the Kirk and the reception hall right foot first, and there you go! To make that easy, when you reach the threshold, pause and stand for a second or two with both feet together. It will give you time to take a deep breath, it all in, and then step over the threshold with your right foot.
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The Wedding Sark
The wedding sark is the groom's shirt.
Custom was that each of the marrying couple would pay for the one another's wedding clothing. He would pay for her dress and she would pay for his shirt.
At today's prices that would be an uneven deal! But You could go with the spirit of it and settle on each paying for something that would be worn on the day.
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Your handfasting. Your choice of what your hands are bound with. Tartan band, cord or cords, ribbon or ribbons. There are no rules!
Sash and clan badge ready for the #sashingofthe bride
Never too much tartan ...
Handfasting is my passion. As a secular expression of unity in the Scottish manner. DYK that a simple handfasting in the presence of witness was recognised as a legal marriage in Scotland until 1 January 1940?
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