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Show HSfffODt)' IRISH MARRIAGE CUSTOMS. FjgH&JlMtehrriaklng Done by Parents of JJKLmk a Bride and Groom. HBffp. Shrovo Tuesday weddings In Ire- jRbD!? aro oxcocdlngly common and HSst,mcs nmong tho peasantry thoy MKJBgrreJicolGbratod In strango clrcum- MbsTi!?,Bcc3' Thoro la a story of a young jBwiesant girl being aroused out of bed fKrSliL00 n'sht of Shrovo Tuesday to bo skaMHTlcd beforo midnight to a well-to- nHTdeSlrlsli-Auatralaalan whom sho had HRMTer scon, though he was known to HK- kerJparentH, who mado tho match, ft BBf ttnod out a happy marriage. Tho jHtf young peoplo usually tako tho matter K philosophically, boltevlng that their H parents know best how to mako them MlPpy. ThlB anccdoto is told of a BBPjTlpporary girl: "Dlddy," asked hor HRltrlwd. "aro yo goln' off this Shroff?" refitMuaha, I don't know that," said Dll- nHiy7 "but they'ro slttln' on mo up- Hjtilra" meaning that matchmaking HEWMln progress. Another story re- HJate9 to a number of weddings taking jfflKlaco in a Munstor church on Shrovo HHriTtiesday. "An whore's ycr intended, aMjrJ&??" ono swain was asked. "Do gob, UHEMlck, I couldn't toll yo; but I bcllovo JWraL'8 UP tliero amongst the feathers KJSlHftjd ribbons in tho front row of BHfHites.'' Ho learned who sho was Hen tho nam p.r were called out. |