something old something new something borrowed something blue comes from lancashire.
something old something new something borrowed something blue comes from lancashire.
where does something old something new something borrowed something blue come from?
lancashire
the earliest recorded version of the "first two lines" is in 1871 in the short story, “marriage superstitions, and the miseries of a bride elect” in st james’ magazine, when the female narrator states, “on the wedding day i must ‘wear something new, something borrowed, something blue.'” 









































the first recorded version of the rhyme as we now know it (the so-called lancashire version) was in a 1876 newspaper, which reported a wedding where the bride “wore, according to ancient custom, something old and something new, something borrowed and blue.”
something old
bullet::::- the ninth episode of series two of "torchwood" is entitled "something borrowed" in reference to the wedding occurring between the characters gwen cooper and rhys williams on the show.









































bullet::::- in the penultimate episode "we're planning a june wedding" of the popular series "the vampire diaries", lead character caroline forbes receives a card reading "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue", and during the episode she receives items which signify the phrase for her wedding. something old from stefan, elena's necklace (something borrowed), a floral-looking headband from her friend bonnie (something new), and katherine's necklace (something blue).
something old