The Strange Wedding Sign

[Music] foreign [Music] thanks for the book until so long and uh tell your mother there are two crimes for women fat and old age don't forget our date sunday goodbye ah this means a wedding yeah i wonder whose it will be why our wedding why and shaking hands we've crossed them which is a sign of an approaching wedding what a strange idea the world believes in it it is a universal superstition did it ever occur to you how this superstition originated i don't think anybody knows i know you do will you tell us i shall oh i'm just dying to know who am i please don't die don't how did this superstition originate you'll be surprised it's a long story so if you're all sit down i should tell you about it of course you all know the procedure of a modern wedding [Music] gym [Music] try as hard as we may we cannot find in any wedding ceremony such an act as four persons crossing and shaking hands so why this superstition it's origin i'll tell you we trace its origin to 17th century france when a certain dance was created the dance called the quadrillion [Music] [Music] oh [Music] um [Music] the traveling ballet made the quadrille known the civilized world it was danced by groups of four and became very popular an essential part of all social functions [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] foreign let's go [Music] the quadrille developed such popularity that was made part of wedding celebration by all classes [Music] uh [Music] in course of time no wedding celebration was considered complete without the quadrille therefore whenever four persons in chicken hands happened to cross them they were reminded of the quadrillion hence the superstitious marital significance today of crossing hands and its acceptance as a sure sign of an approaching wedding well goodbye i'll see you again later ah this means the cartridge wedding [Laughter] eventually the word quadrille was dropped therefore the origin of relating the crossing of hands to marriage has been forgotten its significance in this respect has been handed down blindly from generation to generation as a superstition that strange wedding sound that explains it it certainly does uncle what a clever man you are my dear i want you to tell your friends the story of the origin of the wedding science superstition or truly to know the origin background of these popular superstitions is an essential part of one's cultural education and remember that the superstition when four persons in shaking hands crossed means a wedding that owes its origin to the quadrille [Music] you