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This study investigates the role of proverbs and blessing in traditional Yoruba wedding ceremony. It examine how proverbs and blessings are used in the Yoruba traditional wedding ceremony, it effectiveness and contextual usage. It fouses on the sociolinguistics analysis on these proverbs and blessing in the Yoruba traditional marriage setting. A descriptive approach is adopted. The data used were obtained from primary sources via interviews with natives of Yoruba speakers such as elders, family members etc, while some of the data were obtained from secondary sources such as textbooks and journal articles. The study adopts the Theory of Speech Act of J.L Austin The findings of this study reveal that sentence has a meaning, in the narrow sense, assigned to it by a semantic theory. Austin (1962) who had a penchant for arcane terminology, went further to call the semantic meaning of a sentence its locutionary meaning, and the speech act performed by uttering the sentence its illocutionary force. Austin pointed out that utterances also have what he called perlocutionary effects or intended effects that are not part of its meaning. The research also revealed that proverbs and blessings play a significant role in Yoruba wedding ceremonies, serving as important cultural markers. They are deeply rooted in the Yoruba tradition and contribute to the preservation and transmission of cultural values, norms, and beliefs. Proverbs and blessings were found to be integral components of the oral tradition in Yoruba society.
