Saturday with Shakespeare

Again Laurie beat me to writing most of the important parts of the day. The darn pictures take too much time!  Well, just a few items that require correction.

I did not sprinkle salt on the bride-to-be.  The Maid-of-Honor grabbed me and brought me into a the party of girls helping ot celebrate the up coming wedding.  Now keep in mind that the music was very loud and that I'm still not throughly used to the Glaswegian accent, nor do I have any idea what the customs are for such things here.  Anyway, I gave the bride-to-be a kiss on the cheek and wished her the best of luck.  Then I was told to give her some silver, which really puzzled me.  Apparently, one is to give a small silver coin (5 pence will do) to the bride.  In this case, they had a bowl to put it in, apparently filled with salt.  I looked this up and all I could find was the old rhyme:

"Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and a Silver Sixpence in Her Shoe.

"The silver sixpence in the shoe is to ensure wealth to the couple in their married life (most people now opt to put a penny in their shoe)"

Anyway, they seemed to be having a lot of fun!