Our wedding day was a sunny one, and most of my relatives made sure to remind me, “Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.”
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
happy is the bride that the sun shines on — An equivalent superstition is blessed are the dead that the rain rains on. 1648 HERRICK Hesperides 129 Blest is the Bride, on whom the Sun doth shine. And thousands gladly wish You multiply, as doth a fish. 1787 F. GROSE Provincial Glossary… … Proverbs new dictionary
sun — see never let the sun go down on your anger the sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle happy is the bride that the sun shines on make hay while the sun shines there is nothing new under the sun … Proverbs new dictionary
happy — see if you would be happy for a week take a wife; if you would be happy for a month kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life plant a garden call no man happy till he dies happy is the bride that the sun shines on happy is the country… … Proverbs new dictionary
bride — see happy is the bride that the sun shines on … Proverbs new dictionary
Jumping the broom — depicts the tradition of jumping the broom. [Broyles, Tab staff of the Department of African American Interpretation. The Old Plantation information sheet . In [http://www.history.org/History/teaching/Dayseries/pdf files/Episode Four.pdf A Day in … Wikipedia
blessed are the dead that the rain rains on — A similar belief is happy is the bride that the sun shines on. 1607 Puritan I. i. If, Blessed bee the coarse [corpse] the raine raynes vpon, he had it, powring downe. 1787 F. GROSE Provincial Glossary (Superstitions) 61 It is..esteemed a good… … Proverbs new dictionary
Music on The O.C. — Music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas, who was responsible for much of the music selection in the episodes. The use of music on FOX drama The O.C. gained much acclaim. Show creator Josh Schwartz wanted music to be a character on the show and the… … Wikipedia
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… … Universalium
List of albums containing a hidden track — This list contains the names of albums that contain a hidden track and also information on how to find them. Please note that not all printings of an album contain the same track arrangements, so your copy of album X may or may not have the… … Wikipedia
weddings — Of all the *life cycle points, getting married is the most public. The way couples celebrate their wedding has always depended largely on their class, relative affluence or poverty, religion, and the region where they lived, but also on the… … A Dictionary of English folklore
