MARRIAGE MISTAKE.
Best Man Takes Place of the
Bridegroom. MIX-UP IN COUNTY TYRONE. (Received 12 noon.) DUBLIN*, November 12. A bridal party in a village church in County Tyrone got mixed up and the best man took the position at the Communion rails, 'which should have been occupied by the bridegroom.
The Rev. William Duncan proceeded with the ceremony and prompted the best man, who nervously hesitated over the responses, particularly when he came to the "I will." But the clergyman, thinking he was the bridegroom, whispered: "You must answer."
After the party went into the vestry to sign the register the clergyman was horrified to find that he had married the best man. All immediately returned to the altar, where a fresh ceremony took place and the right man was married.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 270, 13 November 1937, Page 9
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