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Rebecca: Something old...
[Rebecca hands her a delicate lace handkerchief.]
Rebecca: This handkerchief came all the way from Ireland with great Grandma Quinn. She carried it on her wedding day.
[Mike nods, moved.]
Colleen: Something new.
[She presents her with a lovely pair of white satin pumps. Mike looks at her, amazed.]
Colleen: [shrugs] Bought 'em with my butter and egg money.
[Mike chokes up.]
Marjorie: Something borrowed.
[Marjorie fastens a beautiful strand of pearls around Mike's neck.]
Marjorie: And I want them back.
[Mike smiles through her tears.]
Dorothy: Somethin' blue.
[Dorothy presents her with a glorious bouquet of blue cornflowers with white silk streamers, homespun and elegant all at once.]
Dorothy: Picked 'em myself.
[Mike's tears spill over.]
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, "For Better or Worse"

Lisa: Okay, I've got something old, that's my pearl necklace. Something new is the wedding dress. Something borrowed is this antique brooch from Hugh's mother. Now I just need something blue.
Marge: [cuts a lock of her blue hair] Here.
Lisa: Oh, mom, thanks.
The Simpsons, "Lisa's Wedding"

Brandine Spuckler: Here you go, sweetheart. Something old, something new, something burrowed, and something stew.
Mary: Mama, you know I love your somethin' stew, but I got no appetite for any of this.
Brandine: You just got cold feet 'cause you're barefoot and our floor's made of mud.
The Simpsons, "Apocalypse Cow"

Harry: Sally, meet "Blind Joe" Slocum. He's old, I borrowed him from the Tip-Top Club, and he plays the blues.
Sally: So what do you have that's new?
Harry: He's my new friend!
3rd Rock from the Sun, "A Dick on One Knee"

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