Wedding Traditions Crossword

Greeks and Romans believed this would protect the bride from evil spirits that were jealous of her happiness and sought to disrupt the union
In Ancient Greece they believed in the Vena Amoris which led to the tradition of the _____ ________
In 1840, Queen Victoria began the tradition of a ______ ___________ ________
Something old symbolizes
Something new symbolizes
Something borrowed symbolizes
Something blue symbolizes (1)
Something blue symbolizes (2)
Something blue symbolizes (3)
A relic of once performed fertility rites, guests would throw _________ at the bride
The bridegroom valianty protects his bride from evil spirits by
The Roman goddess, Juno, rules over marriage and childbirth, hence the popularity of ______ __________
After the wedding, family would take ______ Wine to the bridal couple while they hid for 30 days, or one ______
The Bouquet was once a preventative measure in contracting ___ _______
Grooms used to kidnap their brides with ______________
A good swordman was needed to retrieve a runaway bride when weddings were business transactions
_______ ________ lead the bride to a sweet and plentiful future
_______ _________ in a wedding symbolize innocence, the future, and new beginnings
The groom once needed to defend against jealous rivals, requiring that his sword hand was free, creating the traditional _______ _________
This tradition originated in England and France because guests ripped off pieces of the bride's gown as a token of good luck.
Pope Innocent III declared that there should be a waiting period between betrothal and marriage which was the beginning of _____ _______
The English believed that a __________ found in a wedding dress meant good luck
In the United States, ___________ tons of gold are used each year to make wedding rings