Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
What have friends of yours or members of your family chosen for each one? Someone I know is having an event and it has me wondering.
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Is blue supposed to be something that color, or something sad... I'm not familiar with the tradition
The color seems an odly specific and arbitrary thing to bring, but sad seems... Well kinda sad 😅
Blue is supposed to be the colour, yes. The verbiage is that "blue is an ancient symbol—dating back to Ancient Rome—representing love, purity, and fidelity". This is, however, absolute poppycock. Blue was a symbol of fidelity, this is true, but to the emperor, not in love. And indeed there is no single colour that symbolizes all three things in Roman times.
White symbolized purity and innocence. Yellow represented marriage and fidelity. Red represented violence (Mars), yes, but also passion and love. Green represented beauty, fertility, and love. Purple represented passion, but chiefly reserved for the royal classes.
Blue was not related to any kind of love symbolism whatsoever. The Victorians just made stuff up. Again. Like the so-called "medieval" torture devices (like iron maidens, etc.)
Facinating, thank you so much for the additional historical context!!
That's the most polite way I've ever seen of edging away from my obsessive tendencies. 😀
I happen to enjoy hearing peoples obsessive excitement for things lol
Always happy to hearn about stuff from a knowledgeable person passionate about the subject!
The color, yes.