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- Wear a claddagh wedding ring, which has two hands holding a heart with a crown. When the ring is turned so the hands face in, the bride is married
- In ancient Ireland it was customary for the man to give the woman he wanted to marry a bracelet woven of human hair. Her acceptance of it was symbolic of accepting the man, linking her to him for life
- In parts of Mayo and Leitrim a strange wedding dance survives with a straw mask or sometimes a straw petticoat. A band of nine "strawboys," as they are called, visits the bride's home on the wedding eve, and one dances with the bride and the rest with the other girls present
- Use the shamrock in your floral displays and as a motif for your stationery or even to decorate the edges of your wedding cake
- Serve Guinness or Murphy’s for the toasts or place jugs of them on each table
- Incorporate The Irish Wedding Song:
"Here they stand hand in hand,
They’ve exchanged wedding bands,
Today is the day of their dreams and their plans,
And all we who love them just wanted to say,
May God bless this couple who married today,
In good times and bad times in sickness and health,
May they know that riches are not needed for wealth,
And help them face problems they'll meet on their way,
Oh God bless this couple who married today,
May they find peace of mind comes to all who are kind,
May the rough times ahead become triumphs in time,
May their children be happy each day,
Oh God bless this family who started today,
As they go may they know every love that was shown,
And as life it gets shorter may their feelings grow,
Wherever they travel wherever they stay,
May God bless this couple who married today."
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