throw a fun traditional irish wedding
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Throwing a fun, traditional Irish wedding can be a challenge if you don't know anything about Irish culture. There are many things that you can do to have fun while planning a traditional Irish wedding, just make sure that you don't bring any bad luck upon you- the Irish have enough of their own! There are many superstitions that are strictly adhered to in Ireland- they believe that if you don't follow all of them, you are doomed to a bad marriage!
Instructions
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Consider the ceremony that you want to have. Traditionally, Irish weddings are called hand-fastings-- a practice that is now considered to be very pagan in nature. You can choose to be hand-fasted for a year and a day or for life. If after a year and a day went by if they did not get along, they could go their separate ways, no divorce necessary.
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It's good luck to hear a cuckoo on your wedding day.
Follow the old traditions. The Irish all about good luck, as it is said that they wouldn't have any if it weren't for bad luck. Make sure that you follow all the old traditions for good luck, such as never marrying in May and always carrying a sixpence in your shoe on the day of your wedding. The Irish are very superstitious and do many things that others would think silly to avoid a wedding because of.
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Bagpipes make the wedding more traditional.
Play the bagpipes. Bagpipes are the traditional instrument of Ireland and, therefore, to make your wedding more traditional, play Mandel's Wedding March with bagpipes. To make it all the more traditional, and for a little extra luck, have someone play the bagpipes while you do a jig at the reception.
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Kilt colors are the same as the family colors.
Wear white. It is an old Irish tradition that the bride should always wear white while the groom wears a kilt of his family clan colors. The colors of the wedding are always chosen based on the colors of the family clan or crest.
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Five bridesmaids should be present to chase away bad spirits.
Choose five groomsmen and five bridesmaids. Irish tradition is that you have a total of ten in your wedding party that should all dress alike to confuse any bad spirits that have come to harm the marrying couple.
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It's tradition to have a wedding cake.
Bake a three-tiered cake. It is an old Irish tradition that you have a cake stacked three high that the bride and groom are to kiss over without knocking over. This is to insure fertility as well as good fortune. Originally, it was an oatmeal cake that was broken over the bride's head, but then evolved to the more traditional cake we see today. There is no mention as to what happens if the cake is knocked over.
Tips &- Warnings
Never let a female be the first to kiss the bride on her wedding day, it's bad luck.
To ensure prosperity, the bride and groom should take two separate paths to the church as long as they end on the same road, this is to symbolize two separate lives becoming one.
It is bad luck to get married on a day that it is raining.
Lent is not the time for an Irish wedding.
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