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Show ODD IRISH MARRIAGE CUSTCr.' Matchmaking Done by Parents i Bride and Groom. Shrovn Tuesday weddings In n land are exceedingly common r . MmotIneB among tho neasmtry t arc celebrated In strange clrou . stances. There Is a story of a yo. peasant girl being aroused out of 1 on tho night of Shrove Tuesday to br married before midnight to a well to do lrlsh-AuHtralaslan whom Bho In. nccr seen, though he was known t her parents, who made the match li turned out a happy marriage. 1 !' young people usually take the m. '. i philosophically, believing that th i parents know host how to mako t .c .. happy. This nnecdoto is told ol r Tlpporary girl: "Illddy," asked h -i friend, "are yo goln' off this Shi ah? "Snishn, I don't know that," Bald 11 1 dy. "but they're slttln' on me ur stairs" moaning that matchmaking was In iirogress. Another stor f latcs to n number of weddings tnl 'n place In n Muiibter church on Shn Tuesday. "An' w hero's ycr Intent, i Joe?" one sNi'aln was asked. "Be r '' Mick, I couldn't toll yo; but I bol , i (he's ii) there amongst tho fealhei-nnd fealhei-nnd ribbons In tho front row c t sats." He learned who she v as when the nutne.s were called out |
