Love Locks

During the First World War two Serbian lovers were separated when the man was sent off to fight the Greeks. He fell in love with a Greek girl, and did not return to his village. The broken-hearted girl faded, and died. Since then Serbian girls from the village have put locks on the local bridge with their initials, and those of their lovers carved onto them, believing that it would ensure that they would meet again on the bridge if they were ever separated. This is all true.
This tradition was resurected in a book by an Italian writer in the late 20th century. The book was made into a film, I Want You, with gorgeous lead actors. The rest is now fashion.
Chris