Carry her over the threshold

Referring to the now common practice of a newlywed man carrying his wife through the front door of their new home. In colonial times, many houses did not have wooden floors. Instead, dirt, sticks, leaves, etc. were pressed onto the ground to created an even surface. This mixture was known as "thresh." However, when it rained the water would leak through the rooftop and the thresh would wash right out the front door. In order to solve this problem, a man would nail a wooded board, known as the threshhold, into the base of the doorframe to catch the thresh. When a man and woman were married, the man would carry his new wife over the threshhold so she wouldn't trip..

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