| There is nothing better than a good Scottish wedding | | | | newly married couple on their way out of the church. |
| with kilts by the dozen and a lively ceilidh band. There | | | | For the reception a ceilidh band can really make a |
| are lots of traditions surrounding the day and the | | | | wedding Scottish. A ceilidh band will consist of |
| weeks before it which add to the spectacle of a | | | | anything from an accordion player and a snare |
| wedding in Scotland. | | | | drummer to a six piece band including a fiddler and full |
| It is good luck to hide a sprig of heather in a brides | | | | drum kit. Ceilidh bands will play group Scottish dances |
| bouquet and the luckiest color of heather to have is | | | | like Strip the Willow and the Dashing White Sergeant |
| white. Heather is also added to the buttonholes of | | | | as well as couple dances like the military two step. |
| the grooms' and best mans jackets. A luckenbooth is | | | | A rather odd Scottish wedding tradition is the |
| a silver brooch which is traditionally engraved with | | | | ominous sounding blackening. A blackening can be |
| two entwined hearts and given as a gift on the day | | | | done to a bride or groom by their friends in the build |
| of the wedding. The Luckenbooth is traditionally used | | | | up to the big day. It involves the bride or groom (or |
| to pin the blanket of the couples first child. | | | | sometimes both) being caught by their friends, and |
| The traditional wedding outfit for the groom and | | | | covered in all sorts of sticky substances like treacle, |
| other male members of the wedding party is the kilt | | | | eggs and flour. They are then driven around the |
| with the most common one being worn with the | | | | town paraded to all. |
| Bonnie Prince Charlie jacket. Bagpipes are commonly | | | | Whether your wedding includes all or some of these |
| heard outside the church at a Scottish wedding and | | | | traditions they can help to make it traditionally |
| most wedding venues will include a piper in their | | | | Scottish. |
| wedding package. The bagpiper will often play the | | | | |
