Coalville Times | 1902-11-28 | Page 7 | "Th Setting" Custom

"Th Settling" Cuatom. A curloiia old mai rliiKi- eualom, rail H Ineally "the aettliuit." anrvlvea In taunty IHinettal. Ireland, and la found, w. hear, In Hie Hrottlnh dlnlrleta of Klnlyrn and Cowal. After a pair of lovera are puhllel betrothed, their rrimida from far and mar Kather to rtlebrato the event and to have their riy aa lo the aullahle date of the marline. mar-line. The eeriMiiony- for It quite aitounta to that lakea place In the Mae nf the bride'a parent, and Hie tmlnea of the oeeaidon la Introduced hr the oponliiR of a bottle of whlaky. rfc-h Kiieat. a;i tie belpa blinio'lf. men-llnka men-llnka the dule he eollHlili'ra I he heal lir the tnitrrlKKe, anil thon drinka to tin hupplneaH of Hie youltK colipli-. VThi'ii all have hail their nay an bv.t ffe la can-fully Hlrink, uud "the ai-t-tlinit' 'la complete. Neither hrl.le nor r'.ioiu ever ihlnke of tiriiti'iltiK tin itate au I'liriuiiHly lilt uimii. II wuitlil tlio lielKht ni bail luck even to gi.'ak of alteiutlnii. Kute haa aiioken, S.d the (-lioHcn duy can, it la believed, rurcely full lo be prnpltloua.