Former Emmerdale star Mica Kebble has helped launch a ‘lucky sausage’ following a bizarre Tik Tok trend.
The 27-year-old actress, who played a young Charity Dingle in the soap in 2018, introduced the new HECK! product after seeing brides-to-be superstitiously bury their bombshells online.
The trend, which has gone viral, shows people digging holes to obtain raw sausages in an attempt to ensure good weather.
Much like the tradition of “something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue”, this peculiar custom is believed to protect against rain and is believed to have started in the United Kingdom.
Mica, who met her now husband and HECK! boss Roddy Keeble while working at the company’s factory in Bedale, even used the trick before walking down the sun-drenched aisle five years ago.
Former Emmerdale star Mica Kebble, 27, helped launch a ‘lucky sausage’ following a bizarre Tik Tok trend.
The actress, who played a young Charity Dingle in the soap in 2018 (pictured), introduced the new HECK! product after seeing brides superstitiously bury their bombs online.
The brand is now launching the special edition ‘Brides Lucky Sausage’ ring seasoned with sagerosemary, thyme and a touch of ‘good luck’.
Mica, who now heads up the HECK! production team, said: “I’m not surprised this tradition is so popular. I’d read that it was an old custom and that the weather would be nice if you buried a firecracker and the sun shone all day. We had a lovely day at Roddy’s Grandpa David’s farm.”
Inspired by tradition, Mica has now created a special recipe for wedding sausages, which will go into production for the wedding season.
“It’s a long circular sausage that is tied at the end to indicate that a knot has been tied. It also contains delicious ancient ingredients, such as sage for strength, rosemary for romance and thyme for long life.”
She added: “We will offer it to brides who want to continue with the tradition, or enjoy it cooked on the day or at their wedding breakfast.”
Speaking about meeting Roddy, with whom she now shares two children, on the sausage line, Mica said: “I literally fell in love with him over a sausage sandwich he brought me to work every day. We got married in the local church and had sausages and mash for the reception dinner.”
Europe has some of the most interesting wedding traditions, starting with the German act of “cutting the log.” After the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom, still dressed in their finest, work together to literally cut a log in half. The teamwork required for this task is said to set the stage for a harmonious marriage.
In Hungary, brides must be careful: at the wedding party the bride will be put up for sale. Whoever puts money into a collective pot will have the chance to dance with the bride… until the groom tries to steal her away.
The craze, which has gone viral, sees holes dug for raw sausages in an attempt to ensure good weather.
Much like the tradition of “something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue,” this peculiar custom is believed to keep the rain away.
Mica, who met her now husband and HECK! boss Roddy Keeble while working at the company’s factory in Bedale, even used the trick before walking down the sun-drenched aisle five years ago.
Similarly, in Finland, the bride is “kidnapped” and held for ransom. To get her back, the groom must perform silly tasks, such as dancing or writing a poem to his new bride on the spot.
Scottish brides (and sometimes grooms) are kidnapped a few days before their wedding and paraded through the streets covered in dirt. Supposedly, overcoming this humiliation will make marital problems seem easy. One thing is certain: Europeans love to kidnap brides!
In Belgium, brides are given a handkerchief with their name embroidered on it. As each female member of the family gets married, the handkerchief is passed down through the generations and new names are added.
In Spain, the groom’s friends cut the tie into pieces and then the pieces are auctioned off as a symbol of good luck.
Norwegian couples find out how many children they will have at their wedding. This is done when the couple tries to tear off the top layer of an elaborate cake known as Kransekake. The number of layers they manage to grab at one time (it can be up to 18) represents how many future offspring they will have.
Mica, who now heads the production team at HECK!, said: “I’m not surprised this tradition is so popular, I’d read it was an ancient custom.”
Inspired by tradition, Mica has now created a special recipe for wedding sausages, which will go into production for the wedding season.
HECK! is now offering the first 10 lucky brides the chance to receive their own special ‘Bride’s Lucky Sausage’ as a company wedding gift during the August wedding season.
In the Czech Republic, newlyweds must perform a particularly strange challenge: the couple wraps themselves in a blanket and tries to eat soup from a bowl with a spoon. Let’s hope no one spills peas on the wedding dress!
France certainly has one of the most disgusting wedding traditions, and yes, it involves the use of a urinal. Towards the end of the wedding, the newlyweds’ friends fill the old toilet with various liquors and force the couple to drink the entire contents of the urinal before they can leave.
HECK! is now offering the first 10 lucky brides the chance to receive their own special lucky bride sausage as a wedding gift from the company during the August wedding season. To claim, you must show proof of your upcoming wedding. Email sausages@heckfood.co.uk or visit their website www.heckfood.co.uk
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