A sixpence slipped into the bride’s shoe by her father on the wedding day. The rhyme that begins “Something old” was in print by 1871; the line about the sixpence was added later, in late Victorian times.
Record, Folk and Modern are kept apart, and each one carries its source.
The wedding rhyme that begins “Something old” appears in print in 1871 and again in 1876. Its line about a sixpence came later, added in the late Victorian years.
To verify: The 1871 and 1876 printings, with titles; The wording of the sixpence line, and where it first appears
The bride’s father puts a sixpence in her shoe for the wedding. Old sixpences minted before 1947 are the ones people look for to keep the custom.
To verify: Why sixpences from before 1947 are preferred
Any sixpence we make will be a replica, clearly marked as one, and never passed off as currency or as an old coin. What a bride carries into her marriage is hers to choose.
