06-01-2008, 08:59 PM
[quote N-OS X-tasy!][quote Don Kiyoti]According to the 1938 edition of Webster's Superior Dictionary, wedding anniversaries go like this:
First - cotton
Second - paper
Third - leather (fun!)
Fourth - fruit and flowers
Fifth - wooden (your wooden anniversary)
Sixth - sugar
Seventh - woollen
Eighth - India rubber (more fun)
Ninth - willow
Tenth - tin
Eleventh - steel
Twelfth - silk and fine linen
Thirteenth - lace
Fourteenth - ivory
Fifteenth - crystal
Twentieth - china
Twenty-fifth - silver
Thirtieth - pearl
Fortieth - ruby
Fiftieth - golden
Seventy-fifth - diamond
So you should've had cotton last year. Stock up on your leather and rubber goods now!
I thought paper was for year one.
I have to say that I have never seen those first two that way round before, paper was always the first. I thought I would pull out a few old books we have to see what they said and it seems it does vary and I did come across an instance where cotton was the first. It was in my late mother-in-law's 'Wedding Etiquette' book from the 1940s. This also says that it isn't an absolute, I quote:
"The following list gives the names generally associated with each year, but these vary slightly in some districts. For instance, Lady Troubridge gives paper for the first year."
Well what's good enough for Lady Troubridge.......
First - cotton
Second - paper
Third - leather (fun!)
Fourth - fruit and flowers
Fifth - wooden (your wooden anniversary)
Sixth - sugar
Seventh - woollen
Eighth - India rubber (more fun)
Ninth - willow
Tenth - tin
Eleventh - steel
Twelfth - silk and fine linen
Thirteenth - lace
Fourteenth - ivory
Fifteenth - crystal
Twentieth - china
Twenty-fifth - silver
Thirtieth - pearl
Fortieth - ruby
Fiftieth - golden
Seventy-fifth - diamond
So you should've had cotton last year. Stock up on your leather and rubber goods now!
I thought paper was for year one.
I have to say that I have never seen those first two that way round before, paper was always the first. I thought I would pull out a few old books we have to see what they said and it seems it does vary and I did come across an instance where cotton was the first. It was in my late mother-in-law's 'Wedding Etiquette' book from the 1940s. This also says that it isn't an absolute, I quote:
"The following list gives the names generally associated with each year, but these vary slightly in some districts. For instance, Lady Troubridge gives paper for the first year."
Well what's good enough for Lady Troubridge.......