Page 7 Traditions: In the Czech Republic friends sneak into the bride's yard to plant a tree and decorate it with ribbons and painted eggshells. Legend says the bride will live as long as the tree. Also, brides in the countryside carry on the very old custom of wearing a rosemary wreath, which symbolizes remembrance. Her friends as a wish for wisdom, love and loyalty weave the wreath for the bride on the night before her wedding. A Czech tradition of hiding a pickle on the Christmas tree. The first child or family member who finds it on Christmas morning gets to open the first present and sometimes gets an extra little gift. DOBRE CHUTNANI. (Good appetite). $7.00. Published by Binghamton. Order from NY Czechoslovak Moravan Club, Box 84, Endicott, NY 13761.