Weddings-Good and Bad Omens

Back in the olden days, good omens on your wedding day may have included meeting a black cat (which is odd considering that black cats have been considered to bring bad luck); a really bright and sunny day; seeing a rainbow in the sky; or meeting someone who sweeps chimneys. Some bad omens that you do not want to happen on your special day would be seeing an open grave; a lizard or pig running across the road; or running into either a nun or a monk, which would mean that you will not have any children.