It is considered good luck if the bride finds a spider in her wedding dress. Sew a small pearl into the bride’s gown and she will cry on her wedding day. If the hem is torn, the wedding will end in death.
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Her wardrobe mistress hung herself; the palace gatekeeper cut his throat; the colonel leading the wedding procession collapsed from sunstroke; the stationmaster was crushed to death under the wheels of the honeymoon train; the king’s aide was killed when falling from his horse; and the best man shot himself. After all that, even the cake was in tiers.
Princess Cisterno’s 1867 wedding to the Duke D’Aosta, according to Britain.tv