As the bride, wear a wreath made from rosemary leaves to signify remembrance
The couple's parents present them with salt and bread as symbols of bitterness and prosperity
Learn a traditional polka or mazurka as your first dance or invite a professional ‘caller’ to teach your guests at the reception
The sharing of the bread, salt and wine is an old Polish tradition so ask your parents to greet you with lightly salted bread and a goblet of wine. The bread symbolizes the parents' wish that their children will never be hungry, salt represents the difficulties of life and the wine expresses a wish for good health, good cheer and many friends.
Luck comes to the bride who drinks a glass of wine at the celebration without spilling a drop so watch that steady hand!
Add the ‘unveiling’ ritual to your reception: Everyone forms a circle around the bride. Her mother takes the bride's veil off (symbolizing the bride's becoming a woman) and places it on the head of the maid of honour who then dances with the best man for a few minutes before passing the veil to the next bridesmaid.
Include the money dance in your reception. This is a variation on the Greek dance and is either a form of gift giving with guests pinning money on the veil, or it is a way for guests to buy a dance with the bride
