RECALLING INVITATIONS. See Wedding Invitations
(Recalled).
RECEPTIONS. See Wedding Receptions.
REHEARSALS. Rehearsals should be held even for a quiet home wedding, and at a sufficiently early date to insure the presence of all who are to participate.
REPORTERS. See Reporters—Weddings.
RIBBONS. See Ribbons at Church Weddings.
RICE. See Weddings—Throwing of Rice.
RING. This may be dispensed with, save in the Roman Catholic and in the Episcopal Church service. It is usually of plain gold, with initials of bride and groom and date of marriage engraved therein.
It is bought by the groom, who should give it to the best man to be kept till it is called for by the clergyman during the ceremony. It is worn on the third finger of the bride's left hand.
SECOND MARRIAGES. See Widows—Weddings.
SIGNING THE REGISTER. This is sometimes done by the bride and the groom, and takes place in the vestry, where the best man signs as chief witness and some of the guests as witnesses.