I may have posted a blog a long time ago about the original purpose of flowers at funerals,but it has been long enough that I can't say for sure if I did. The reason was to hide the smell of decay from the corpse. So what's up with flowers at weddings? It is sort of the same reason. In the 1600's and for a long time following,people generally only took a bath once yearly,and that was normally done in May. By the time June came (the preferred wedding month) their yearly bath was wearing off,so to err on the side of safety the brides carried bouquets to mask their odor. Bouquets weren't always made from flowers,some used herbs and garlic. Marigold and dill were also common and once they had served in the bouquet they were often added to the wedding feast. I think it would be a nice change to have herbs instead of all the flowers,but cost wise it might be prohibitive.
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