English wedding traditions

Презентация к проекту English wedding traditions
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пгт. Нижний Одес

Индивидуальный информационный проект

Тема: «English Wedding Traditions»

Предметная область «Иностранные языки»

Выполнила:

Киньшакова Евгения Андреевна,

обучающаяся 9Б класса МБОУ «СОШ №1» пгт. Нижний Одес

Научный руководитель:

Воронина Анастасия Романовна, преподаватель английского языка МБОУ «СОШ №1» пгт. Нижний Одес

пгт. Нижний Одес - 2020

CONTENTS LIST

Introduction..................................................................................................... p. 3

CHAPTER I. WEDDING TRADITIONS IN THE UK

Early Wedding Traditions………………...………………………. p. 4

Wedding traditions of a modern couple...……………………….... p. 5

CHAPTER II. WEDDING SUPERSTITIONS

Superstitions and good signs………………………………………. p. 6

By day of the week………………………………………….……... p. 7

By month of the year…………………………………………......... p. 8

CHAPTER III. BRITISH ROYAL WEDDING TRADITIONS…..……… p. 9

Conclusion…..…………………………………………………………….. p. 10

References…...…………………………………………………………….p. 11

INTODUCTION

“Who, being loved, is poor?”
– Oscar Wilde

See, not so long ago, I have taken interest in researching Wedding Traditions in different countries, so I made a decision to make it a main theme for my project.

A wedding is a ceremony where two or more people are united in a marriage. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes.

 The object of this study is Wedding Traditions.

The subject of this study is Wedding Traditions in the UK.

The aim of this study is to analyze information about main marriage traditions in Great Britain to broaden the people’s mind and express their outlook.

The tasks of the study are the following:

1. To study literature;

2. To research Wedding Traditions in Great Britain;

3. To collect superstitions and signs related to Wedding Ceremony;

4. To examine some British Royal Marriage customs on the example of the Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding;

5. To draw the conclusions

My hypothesis is the following:

If Wedding Traditions in the UK had influence on Wedding process in other countries all over the World, then what’s way it influenced on our Wedding Customs in Russia?

CHAPTER I. Wedding traditions in the UK

Early Wedding Traditions

As early as the sixteenth, the bride and bridegroom often were not acquainted until their marriage. The parents often made the marriage arrangements and betrothals while the bride and bridegroom were small children (age’s three to seven).

By the Hardwicke Act of 1753, all weddings, except members of the royal family, were to be performed only after publication of banns or issuance of a license, only during the morning hours of eight to twelve, only in an Anglican Church or chapel, and only before an Anglican clergyman.

Traditionally, the safest season to marry was between the harvest and Christmas, when food was plentiful. An old English rhyme says: “Marry in September’s shine, your living will be rich and fine.”

It is customary for the bride to be given a decorative horseshoe, which she carries on her whist. These days the horseshoes are rarely real. But instead light-weight versions manufactured specifically for weddings. The horseshoe is given for good luck.

In Wales, the bride was always carefully lifted over the threshold on her return from the marriage ceremony because “it was considered very unlucky for a bride to place her feet on or near the threshold”.

Wedding Traditions of a modern couple

• Brides have “Hen” nights and bridegrooms have “Stag” parties similar to bachelor/bachelorette parties. There are ceremony rehearsals, but no rehearsal dinner.

• If the couple will marry in a church, banns announcing the proposed wedding are read aloud in the church three Sundays before the wedding. It is unlucky for the bride and bridegroom to be present at the calling of the banns.

• Weddings are traditionally held at noon; afterward there is a seated luncheon, called a “wedding breakfast”.

• Another fantastic tradition, still followed today, is to follow this Victorian rhyme on the day of one’s wedding:

“Something old,
something new,
something borrowed,
something blue,
and a silver sixpence in her shoe.”

The bride has to wear each and every one of these items during her ceremony, as a way of bringing good luck for her and her husband-to-be.

CHAPTER II. Wedding superstitions

1.1. Superstitions and good signs

• Bride and groom must not meet on the day of the wedding except at the altar.

• The bride should never wear her complete wedding clothes before the day.

Good luck:

• It is good luck for a chimney sweep to kiss the bride when she comes out of the church.

• Finding a spider on your wedding dress is said to be good luck.

• If a cat sneezes on the eve of the wedding, it's a sign of good luck.

Bad luck:

• According to an old wives tale, if the younger of two sisters marries before the older, the older sister must dance barefoot at the wedding or she will never marry.

• Marrying in a church near an uncovered, open grave leads to bad luck.

• Marrying in green is bad luck.

1.2. By day of the week

There is a tradition according to the day when wedding is going to be held. A common rhyme, which cannot be said to be held nationally in great esteem anymore, is:

Monday - brides will be healthy 
Tuesday - brides will be wealthy 
Wednesday - brides do best of all 
Thursday - brides will suffer losses 
Friday - brides will suffer crosses 
Saturday - brides will have no luck at all

Sunday, which in Elizabethan times was the day of days for weddings, now is never regarded as a suitable day. As the authors of the "Directory for Public Worship" (1644) persuasively say, "We advise it be not on the Lord's Day."

1.3. By month of the year

According to old-time superstition, each month portended a different fate for the bridal pair, and sometimes different versions were given for the same month; but the following is the most popular version of these beliefs:

• Married in January's hoar and rime, Widowed you'll be before your prime.

• Married in February's sleepy weather, Life you'll tread in tune together.

• Married when March winds shrill and roar, your home will lie on a distant shore.

• Married 'neath April's changeful skies, a chequered path before you lies.

• Married when bees over May blossoms flit, Strangers around your board will sit.

• Married in month of roses - June - Life will be one long honeymoon.

• Married in July, with flowers ablaze, Bitter-sweet memories in after days.

• Married in August's heat and drowse, Lover and friend in your chosen spouse.

• Married in September's golden glow, Smooth and serene your life will go.

• Married when leaves in October thin, Toil and hardships for you begin.

• Married in veils of November mist, Fortune your wedding-ring has kissed.

• Married in days of December cheer, Love's star shines brighter from year to year.

CHAPTER III. British royal wedding traditions

A fantastic example of a traditional English wedding was of course Prince William’s wedding to Kate Middleton. She wore each of items named in Victorian rhyme:

– Something old: Carrickmacross lace.

– Something new: a pair of diamond earrings made by jewellers Robinson Pelham and given by her parents.

– Something borrowed: a diamond tiara made by Cartier which had been bought for the Queen Mother and which was subsequently given to the Queen on her 18th birthday

– Something blue: a ribbon sewn into the dress

– And nobody has checked, but we think she must have also worn a silver sixpence in her shoe!

Soon after Will and Kate's engagement was announced, officials from Buckingham Palace said the Queen was "absolutely delighted" for the couple, which can only mean she approved of Will's choice. 

With a few exceptions, women who marry royal male successors assume their husbands' titles.

CONCLUSION

As a result of this work we can draw the following conclusions:

First of all, we have achieved our aim to analyze information about main marriage traditions in Great Britain.

The practical value of the work is that it allows you to learn something new about the culture of another country, improving your outlook. Moreover, we may continue our research and analyze married life: British traditions and family values in the UK and Russia, their differences and similarities.

Thus, it can be concluded that the Wedding Traditions in the UK actually had influence on our Wedding Customs in Russia (“Hen” nights, “Stag” parties, wedding superstitions and etc.)

All in all, we can say our hypothesis was successfully confirmed.  

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