How to stop the rain on your wedding day


Now if you’ve been on a call with me you’ll probably have heard me harp on about a sausage. I promise I’m not clinically insane, however there is a lot of noise floating around the internet about burying a sausage on the night before your wedding day to keep the rain away. Some sources I have read say the sausage must be burnt, some say raw and some spend 3 minutes in hysterical giggles in a TikTok video. I’ve also seen a whole bunch of heated arguments in comments sections of people trying to decide exactly which type of sausage and which brand to bury from Wall’s chipolatas to Richmond Cumberlands!


Now I know some of my couples have had some degree of success with this unconventional method of weather control (read: superstition). However I have done a deep dive into the origins of this wedding wives tale and have found absolutely no evidence from any kind of reputable source that tells me anything about it at all. There is the odd mention that it may be Spanish but past that I’m erring on the skeptical side. However, I find it deeply amusing and fully intend to bury a cooked sausage before my wedding day for the silliness and the good memories.

Elegantly set wedding table with wine glasses, place settings and floral centerpieces.
Group gathered inside historic church with stained glass windows and stone architecture.
Event guests gathered by a window while someone plays acoustic guitar in natural lighting.
Person in formal attire pouring a cocktail at an elegant event.

Where burying a sausage might have come from


But I do have a working theory on the origins of the sausage rumour. If we hop over the pond to the deep South of the United States they have a tradition with some strict rules that is remarkably similar. It may be unsurprising to tell you that they bury the Bourbon. (Frankly more attractive than burying a sausage and far less silly. Maybe I’ll chuck a miniature in with my sausage burial).


According to Southern Living magazine, the exact origins of this tradition aren’t exactly known but it seems to be far more commonplace than the sausage burying at the moment!


The rules for Bourbon burying are very clear though:


  • The bottle you bury must be unopened.
  • You must bury it as close to the site you are saying your vows as you can get
  • The perfect amount of time to bury the bourbon is exactly one month before your ceremony
  • It must be bourbon and not whisky!
  • You must bury the bottle upside down.


One could say that burying an open bottle of bourbon is wasteful but the tradition is not over after the burial so keep a trowel handy! (Although food hygiene experts would recommend that any buried sausages, raw or otherwise, should be left for nature to take it’s course and never dug up…) On your wedding day, after the I do’s, you must dig up the buried bottle and share it with friends or family or keep it for a special anniversary.


A possible scenario


So back to my working theory - there were a couple extremely excited to bury the bourbon for sunshine but they’d missed the date the month before their big day. Frustratingly they’d finished the last bottle of bourbon in the house as well. As they were finishing up their sausage and mash dinner they had a sudden brainwave: 'why don’t we bury one of these instead’… The next day - the perfect weather and a long and wonderful marriage.


It could be true!

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