Couples avoided marrying in May, a month long held unlucky for weddings. Chambers traced the idea back to Roman times, noting that Ovid states it in the Fasti, and said it was still widespread in Europe in his own day.
May, the unlucky month to marry
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Lore and belief
It is an idea as ancient as early Roman times, stated by Ovid in his Fasti, and still prevalent in Europe, that May is an unlucky month in which to be married.
From Chambers's Book of Days, vol. 1, p. 569. Read the original
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