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About the time of the Middle Ages, people took their one bath of the year about April, when the weather was starting to warm up. Marriages traditionally took place in June and, by that time, people were starting to smell a bit ripe. Therefore the bride would carry flowers to help cover the offensive odor. That is the theory I have read somewhere.

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It dates back to medieval times when people didn't bathe. The flowers were used to cover the scent of the bride, who probably was pretty rank! Thus, its tradition for the bride to carry flowers.

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Brides carry bouqets of flowers on their wedding days because in the medieval period when many thought it was unhealthy to bathe , they would smell rather bad, so instead of bathing women carried flowers to mask the smell of their unclean bodies

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The bride throws the bouquet because whichever one of the women catches it...that woman is going to be the next to get married.

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