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Something Old, Something New, ...

 

Something old,

Something new,

Something new,

Something new,

And a sixpence in her shoe.

 

 

 

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  More about the Early British Coinage System -  *This Wedding Rhyme was advice for the new bride; the referenc4e to the sixpence was for financial security. But at the time when the rhyme was written, a silver sixpence was often sufficient to get the bride back to her family if things did not work out well.  -  More Marriage Rhymes

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