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Something old

"Something old" is the first line of a traditional rhyme that details what a bride should wear at her wedding for good luck:

"Something old, something new" and "Something Blue" redirect here. For other uses, see Something old, something new and Something Blue.

The old item provides protection for the baby to come. The new item offers optimism for the future. The item borrowed from another happily married couple provides good luck. The colour blue is a sign of purity and fidelity. The sixpence — a British silver coin — is a symbol of prosperity or acts as a ward against evil done by frustrated suitors.

By 1905, the full rhyme had crossed the Atlantic to the United States as it appeared in the novel Purple and Fine Linen by .[21]

Emily Post

Two take their titles from the rhyme: Something New (2006) and Something Borrowed (2011), the latter of which was based on Emily Giffin's 2005 book of the same name.

romantic comedies

In the Rainbow Magic Book Mia the Bridesmaid Fairy by Daisy Meadows the fairy must find 'lucky items' that are "Kirsty’s grandmother’s brooch as something old, Esther’s wedding dress as something new, Kirsty’s golden anklet as something borrowed, the blue feather as something blue, and Rachel’s sixpence anklet as the sixpence."

Something old, something new (disambiguation)

Something New (disambiguation)

Something Borrowed (disambiguation)

Something Blue (disambiguation)

Old New Borrowed Blue

Old New Borrowed and Blue

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