And will it be considered bad luck if its not? I'm wearing peep toe shoes and I spent 3 hours in a second hand shop looking for a sixpence that had my nan's year of birth on it as she passed a few years ago, so I really don't want to loose it! I was just going to super-glue it to the middle of the bow on my Garter. You think that will work?

Its meant to be lucky

The saying goes

Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue
And a silver sixpence in her shoe

A sixpence in the bride's shoe represents wealth and financial security. For optimum fortune, the sixpence should be worn in the left shoe. This tradition may date back to the Scottish tradition of the groom placing a silver coin in his shoe for good luck. Many companies sell keepsake sixpence pieces for weddings.

You can put it underneath the insole of your shoe if it will lift up. I did this when i got married first time :-)

thats really good! i had never heard of anything like that!! xxx

got mine already to go :0) xx

they sell them on ebay but i got mine off my dad from his coin collection i have to take good care of it and dont loose it lol xx

awww lovely roxy xx

LoopyLou is right. Tradition states that the father of the bride places the sixpence in the left shoe. The coin was meant to bless the couple and symbolize a marriage filled with health, wealth and happiness. The same sixpence was kept in the family, passed down from one generation to the next.

Neal

I might superglue mine to the bottom of my shoe!

Oh wow I never knew that. you never hear the ending of something old, something new.

Mine is going to be from either 1902 or 1903. They are the years my h2b's nan and granddad were born and he is having one and then I'm having the other.

Oh roxy_blade your page is restricted :-( I live outside of Bath and wanna know what the shop you mentioned is called

I have mine ready !!!
What about putting a plaster over it to stop it falling out of your peep toes x

can it be an irish sixpence?