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MG-A(G.750.001
3 Jan 1750:21,22 (245)
Dublin, August 24. [An account of a wedding celebration the
article describes as extraordinary, the whole being
"conducted according to the ancient Irish custom," the first
16 lines relating the ceremony and the feast] After the
feast the company parcelled themselves out in small bodies,
and each forming a ring on the green, merrily danced and
sung in the old Irish taste, to a number of pipers and
fiddlers, without being incommoded by the weather, though it
rained excessively; but put about the madder of whiskey
between every song; nor did the company separate, 'til the
greatest part with drinking, dancing, and singing, being
quite tired out, lay down promiscuously and fell asleep.
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