It is still a tradition to keep the honeymoon location secret so that the couple can’t be interrupted on their wedding night

The term honeymoon comes from Anglo-Saxon times when the kidnapped bride was kept by her husband in a secret location for a full cycle of the moon and during this time they celebrated with Mead, made from honey.

In Ireland a laying hen was tied to the bed on the first night of the honeymoon to improve fertility.

In Switzerland a pine tree is planted in the couples garden to symbolise fertility.

When you return home

When you return from your honeymoon the groom should carry his new bride over the threshold.
The superstitions:

• Evil spells are hidden in the threshold so by lifting your new wife over them she begins her new life over spells not under them

• It is unlucky for your bride to step into her new home left foot first. Carrying her over the threshold avoids this.

• It is considered bad luck for the bride to trip entering her new home for the first time – carrying her avoids this.

• It is consider a Celtic and Anglo Saxon custom to steal the bride by carrying her off.