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This reminds me of a 'rule' in Poland that you shouldn't get married in a month with an 'r' in it.

by msadowski 7y ago

simonblack 7y ago
A better idea that a lot of people have is the you should never get married in a month that has a Wednesday in it.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  :(
- praptak 7y ago
  A similar idea is that one should enjoy a beer on days of week that end with 'y'.
  - riffraff 7y ago
    days that start with a T, like tuesday, thursday, thaturday thunday, today, and tomorrow.
carlob 7y ago
In Italy you shouldn't get married (or leave for a trip) on Tuesdays and Fridays. Possibly because those are the days associated with Mars and Venus in romance languages.
- lonelappde 7y ago
  I thought Mars is the god of marriage, and Venus is the god of venturing. It's right there in the name.
  - carlob 7y ago
    No, Mars is the god of war (and the archetype of masculine) and Venus the god of love (archetype of feminine).
  - umanwizard 7y ago
    According to the OED, the Latin root of “marriage” is of uncertain origin. As far as I’m aware, there’s no known connection to Mars.
- fwxwi 7y ago
  Spain: "en martes ni te cases ni te embarques" (on Tuesday, don't get married and don't board a ship)
- umanwizard 7y ago
  In English, Tuesday is named for Tiw and Friday for Frig. Monday for the moon, Sunday for the sun, Wednesday for Woden (more commonly known by his Norse name, Odin), and Thursday for Thunor/Thunder (Norse name: Thor). When your ancestors met mine, they decided Tiw was the equivalent of Mars, Woden of Mercury, Thunor of Jupiter, and Frig of Venus, and hence the correspondence. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretatio_graeca#Interpretatio_germanica https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretatio_graeca#Interpr... Sadly, English mythology is now much less well known than Roman, so most people aren’t even aware of these etymologies.
  - kwhitefoot 7y ago
    > Sadly, English mythology is now much less well known than Roman, so most people aren’t even aware of these etymologies In my experience most people aren’t even aware of any etymologies. Or even the word itself.
- riffraff 7y ago
  you shouldn't start a business/project either ("...né si dà principio all'arte")
jwilk 7y ago
I believe it's the opposite (only marry in r-months). But unlike English, in Polish r-months are randomishly distributed over the year: • March (marzec) • June (czerwiec) • August (sierpień) • September (wrzesień) • October (październik) • December (grudzień) … so it's not like either rule would make any sense.
- praptak 7y ago
  I too have heard the positive version of the rule. The randomness might be intentional, so as to make one wait a random but not too large number of months, perhaps to discourage marrying in haste or as an artificial (but reasonable) constraint on planning to increase the perceived value of the event.
  - nicoburns 7y ago
    Perhaps that's also why there are two variants, so that it works whichever month you are currently in!

This reminds me of a 'rule' in Poland that you shouldn't get married in a month with an 'r' in it.

simonblack 7y ago

A better idea that a lot of people have is the you should never get married in a month that has a Wednesday in it.

saagarjha 7y ago
:(
praptak 7y ago
A similar idea is that one should enjoy a beer on days of week that end with 'y'.
- riffraff 7y ago
  days that start with a T, like tuesday, thursday, thaturday thunday, today, and tomorrow.

carlob 7y ago

In Italy you shouldn't get married (or leave for a trip) on Tuesdays and Fridays. Possibly because those are the days associated with Mars and Venus in romance languages.

lonelappde 7y ago
I thought Mars is the god of marriage, and Venus is the god of venturing. It's right there in the name.
- carlob 7y ago
  No, Mars is the god of war (and the archetype of masculine) and Venus the god of love (archetype of feminine).
- umanwizard 7y ago
  According to the OED, the Latin root of “marriage” is of uncertain origin. As far as I’m aware, there’s no known connection to Mars.
fwxwi 7y ago
Spain: "en martes ni te cases ni te embarques" (on Tuesday, don't get married and don't board a ship)
umanwizard 7y ago
In English, Tuesday is named for Tiw and Friday for Frig. Monday for the moon, Sunday for the sun, Wednesday for Woden (more commonly known by his Norse name, Odin), and Thursday for Thunor/Thunder (Norse name: Thor). When your ancestors met mine, they decided Tiw was the equivalent of Mars, Woden of Mercury, Thunor of Jupiter, and Frig of Venus, and hence the correspondence. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretatio_graeca#Interpretatio_germanica https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretatio_graeca#Interpr... Sadly, English mythology is now much less well known than Roman, so most people aren’t even aware of these etymologies.
- kwhitefoot 7y ago
  > Sadly, English mythology is now much less well known than Roman, so most people aren’t even aware of these etymologies In my experience most people aren’t even aware of any etymologies. Or even the word itself.
riffraff 7y ago
you shouldn't start a business/project either ("...né si dà principio all'arte")

jwilk 7y ago

I believe it's the opposite (only marry in r-months). But unlike English, in Polish r-months are randomishly distributed over the year: • March (marzec) • June (czerwiec) • August (sierpień) • September (wrzesień) • October (październik) • December (grudzień) … so it's not like either rule would make any sense.

praptak 7y ago
I too have heard the positive version of the rule. The randomness might be intentional, so as to make one wait a random but not too large number of months, perhaps to discourage marrying in haste or as an artificial (but reasonable) constraint on planning to increase the perceived value of the event.
- nicoburns 7y ago
  Perhaps that's also why there are two variants, so that it works whichever month you are currently in!