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"Something old" is the first line of a traditional rhyme that details what a bride should wear at her wedding for good luck: The old item provided protection for the baby to come. The item borrowed from another happy bride provided good luck. The colour blue was a sign of fidelity. The sixpence—a silver British coin—was a symbol of prosperity or acted as a ward against evil done by frustrated suitors.

prosperity fidelity luck

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  2. Anon (1871). "Marriage Superstitions, and the Miseries of a Bride Elect, Part II". St James' Magazine (London: Sampson Low) VII: 572. 
  3. "Staffordshire Advertiser". 21 October 1876. p. 5. 
  4. "Something Old, Something New and the Lucky Silver Sixpence". https://www.tilly-online.com/something-old-something-new/. 
  5. Firminger, Thomas; Dyer, Thiselton (1905), Folk-lore of women as illustrated by legendary and traditionary tales, p. 45 .
  6. Club, Belfast Naturalists' Field (January 6, 1894). "Annual Report and Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists Field Club, ...". https://books.google.ie/books?id=fi8zAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Something+old+Something+new%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Something+new%22. 
  7. Kate Middleton's bridal dress designed by Sarah Burton, BBC, 29 April 2011, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13235599 
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  10. "Official Charts". https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/something-old-something-new/. 
  11. Doctor Who - The Big Bang, https://www.doctorwho.tv/stories/the-big-bang/
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