Wedding Forum - Garter throwing...

Is Garter throwing the same as a bride throwing her bouquet for her bridesmaids to catch and how ever catches the bouquet is getting married next
Is this the same for the groom either collecting the garter with his teeth or hands and throwing it for his groomsmen to catch does that mean the man who catch the garter getting married next??
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Never heard of garter throwing - only bouquet throwing (but didn't do it myself because I wanted to save mine).

I will be wearing a garter and H2B will not be throwing my garter but he will pull it off with his teeth later you know what I mean =D ♥ X

Throwing garters is considered to be the oldest surviving wedding tradition. Back in Dark Ages it was customary for friends, relatives and guests to accompany the bridal couple to the marriage bed. At first this was to safely see the married couple ensconced in their wedding bed and once established the crowd respectfully left the newly weds to their own company.

The wedding garter toss became a game of sorts. The bridal party would toss the garter at the grooms nose and the person who successfully landed the garter on his nose would be the next to marry.

The custom became rowdier and bawdier until the guests were eager to help the bride out of her wedding clothes. The wedding guests would try to grab the bride's garter for good luck. It is thought to forestall such impropriety, the bride's garter was given to the mob as a distraction. Soon this became an established custom.

Throwing the garter to the groom's men is what remains of the custom. In Northern England the old custom was for male guests to rush the bride at the altar when the ceremony was finished and remove her garter from her leg. In the panic this usually meant the bride was knocked over and trampled on.

Gradually brides made garters easier to detach and finally to avoid threat of injury they tossed their garters away at the end of the ceremony. Garters were imbued with fertility and the bride's garter signified consummation, fulfillment, and progeny and was always fiercely sought after. Untying the bride's garter had a deeply symbolic act. In the past the lucky guest to receive the bride's garter would wear it proudly on his hat, before giving it to the girl of his choice for luck.

Another variation on this custom in the 19th century was for the local youths to race from the church to the bride's house. The first was given the honor of removing the bride's left garter. He would then tie this around his own true love's knee as a guard against unfaithfulness. In the North of England , the custom was for the man to wear the bride's garter in his hat.

Tossing the garter was reintroduced in the early part of the twentieth century. These days, the groom is responsible for removing the garter and tossing it at the eagerly waiting groomsmen at the reception. Much tamer that the early days. Bride would also have a second keepsake garter that they would keep with their wedding dress.

your garter sounds awesome lula88 I Love the sound of your mums garter your mother in law gave her add that to your new garter sounds perfect =D ♥ X

I have a garter but WON'T be doing either of the traditons although they are an AMERICAN traditon not English (h2b take off with his teeth or tossing it to the men) it is purely for his eyes only ;-)

and some photos during prep in the morning hehehe

This is mine ;-) hense why I want to keep it FOREVER

thats gorgeous hails.
i will be wearing a garter but wont be throwing either garter or bouquet.
my bouquet will be going on my nans grave.

Garters are just for the hubby's benefit I think? For the wedding night ;) I won't be tossing mine or letting hubby take it off with his teeth, not in front of everyone anyway! That's a lovely idea Jordan with your bouquet, I was wondering what to do with mine after as I won't be throwing it, so that's an idea, put them on my nan's grave :) xx

I'm wearing a garter with blue ribbon as my something blue but I'm not gonna be throwing it :-) x

This is something I haven't actually thought of yet!! Garter yes. Tossing it, no. Taking off with teeth? Probably ;) (But not in public!) Probably not tossing THE bouquet, but intend to have another 'behind the scenes' that I won't mind ruining!

will not be throwing my bouquet as it will be a real bouquet and I do not want it to be ruined and am sad as I will not be able to keep my bouquet =( ♥ X

Can you never heard of freezing my bouquet and framing it I shall look into it hope its not expensive =D ♥ X Love the sounds of my bouquet being frozen and frame it put it up in the house to remember our special day =D ♥ X thank you for telling me Siany =D ♥ X

Thank you Siany =D ♥ x

Yeh have heard of it. Garter throwing, its the same for bouquet but with the single men.

I won't be garter or bouquet throwing.

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Thank yoooouuu!! :D Another thing to plan, but I get the feeling I'll enjoy it!

definitely having the gun/gun holster, will probably have to unpick it from my moms one and attach it to whatever garter i go for!! think its fab, and can be my something borrowed! x

I can't decide what to do... whether to get a custom one, normal one, WBA one, MIckey one, or what!!

orrrr get a normal or wba one and on the white ribbon use the gems i got left from my shoes and do the 3 dot mm emblem xx

sketch them up and see which garter will look best or you could get the book of face lady to make your garter to your exact specifications and she can tell you what will work and wont work with =D ♥ X

Yeh I was thinking that but then thought would it get too heavy?! Hmm I've posted in 2013 about my ideas so will get thinking! Getting mom to send me a pic of gun n take it from there xx

I'll wear it either way but will probs get one made to measure & attach myself as the one it's on is tiny! X