We all know about some traditions but did you know there are also traditions over choosing which day and month you get married in?

Saturdays are the most popular day to get married, this is mostly down to convenience of people being available as a lot of people work during the week. But traditionally it is the worst day to get married on.

The best day is a Wednesday but it is very unusual for people these days to get married on a Wednesday.

This rhyme explains the days of the week;

Monday for wealth
Tuesday for health
Wednesday the best day of all
Thursday for losses
Friday for crosses
Saturday for no luck at all

This rhyme mentions nothing of a Sunday which is strange as many people get married on a Sunday in modern times but it was probably unthinkable in yester year as Sunday is the Lords Day and should not have been taken away from that. Also conjugal rights would come into question.

What about the month? Summer has turned into the most popular wedding month as it has better weather and recently has become the wedding season but is it the most fortuous time of year to get married?

May is said to be the worst time to get married and on the religeous note again any time during lent is a bad time to marry as lent is traditionally a time of abstinence.

Married when the year is new, he’ll be loving, kind and true.
When February birds do mate, You wed nor dread your fate.
If you wed when March winds blow, joy and sorrow both you’ll know.
Marry in April when you can, Joy for Maiden and for Man.
Marry in the month of May, and you’ll surely rue the day.
Marry when June roses grow, over land and sea you’ll go.
Those who in July do wed, must labour for their daily bred.
Whoever wed in August be, many a change is sure to see
Marry in September’s shrine, your living will be rich and fine.
If in October you do marry, love will come but riches tarry.
If you wed in bleak November, only joys will come, remember.
When December snows fall fast, marry and true love will last.

Marry in May and you’ll live to rue the day