# Wedding tradition - cans and boots on the bumper?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-tradition-cans-and-boots-on-the-bumper/156924>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 23, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-tradition-cans-and-boots-on-the-bumper/156924 "2003-02-23T05:32:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![CasperQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@CasperQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CasperQ)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-tradition-cans-and-boots-on-the-bumper/156924/1 "2003-02-23T05:32:09Z")

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Aside from being immensely noisy, and symbolic in the old-era movie trade - what were the origins of tying tin cans/boots to the bumper of a wedding ‘getaway’ car?

A search in Uncle Cecil’s (and the SDMB’s) for ‘Wedding/Bumper’ failed. I’m hoping someone (Unca Cece?) can shed some light (or at least some shoestring) on the subject.

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-tradition-cans-and-boots-on-the-bumper/156924/2 "2003-02-23T05:41:47Z")

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[http://www.weddingzone.net/px-tr004.htm](http://www.weddingzone.net/px-tr004.htm)

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> Loud noises were said to drive away evil spirits, and during the ceremony the guests would make noises to keep the evil away. Today, it’s traditional that the bridal party honk their car horns and drag rattling tin cans while leaving the ceremony.