I Can't Read Your Name, So You're Next!
In Turkey, when a girl gets married, all her female friends write their names inside her bridal shoes. After the wedding ceremony, if someone's name has been rubbed off and can not be read anymore, it means this person is going to get married next.
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Wedding Superstitions in Turkey
If you get married between two annual religious festivals that are two months apart, you might be unlucky. -If you write the name of one of your friends under the sole of your shoes in your wedding ceremony, and it is erased, he/she will wed in a short period of time. - If you catch a candy which is thrown by the bride, you will wed in a short period of time. Turhan Ece