There are many strange and interesting facts about weddings that most people don’t know. Below you will find a great collection of 9 strange wedding facts that are interesting and a perfect addition to a wedding trivia game or just your own brain.

Strange Wedding Facts for Trivia and Knowledge

1. The Fijians believe that the god Nangganangga, who watches over married couples, will not let a bachelor enter Fijian paradise and will turn him to ash if he dies before he is married.

2. Early Roman brides carried a bunch of herbs, such as garlic and rosemary, under their veils to symbolize fidelity and fertility and to ward off evil. These herbs served as a precursor to the modern bridal bouquet.

3. Wedding rings are often placed on the third finger of the left hand because ancient Egyptians believed the vein in that hand (which the Romans called the “vein of love”) ran directly to the heart.

4. In many cultures, the groom historically often kidnapped the bride, and the groom’s friends would help him, leading to the modern-day groomsmen. At the alter, the groom always stood on the bride’s right side so his right hand—or his sword hand—would be free to fight/defend a jealous rival. That’s an engagement fact that most brides would like to have known!

5. Nearly all cultures have showered the wedding couple with symbolic food. For example, the French throw wheat, Sicilians throw wheat bread and salt, and the English throw pieces of cake. Early Romans or Greeks threw nuts, dates, and seed-bearing plants. Bulgarians have thrown figs.

6. Guests in ancient times would tear off part of the bride’s gown as tokens of good luck, leading to the tradition of the bride throwing both her garter and her bouquet.

7. In some African ceremonies, it was a sentiment of well wishing to greet the new bride with the words: “May you bare 12 children with him.”

8. The Ozark people located in Central America believed placing the dried tongue of a turtle dove in a loved one’s house would persuade him or her to marry.

9. In Egypt, women will pinch the bride to bring good luck to those who pinched her.