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German brides once wore salt in their shoes
Ernest Jones collected wedding customs in which salt protected the couple: salt strewn in the bride's shoe in Germany, and in Scotland, salt scattered on the floor of the new home the night before the wedding to guard against the evil eye.
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The Salt Almanac. (2026, November 8). German brides once wore salt in their shoes. https://saltalmanac.com/did-you-know/salt-in-the-brides-shoe
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Original sources
- Jones, E. “The Symbolic Significance of Salt,” in Essays in Applied Psycho-Analysis. 1923. https://archive.org/details/essaysinappliedp032427mbp