BEST MAN MISTAKEN FOR BRIDEGROOM
MINISTER HAS TO REPEAT
CEREMONY
DUBLIN, November 12
A bridal party in a village church in County Tyrone got mixed up and the best man took up 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 "I will," but the clergyman, thinking that he was the bridegroom, whispered: "You must answer."
After the party went to the vestry to sign the register, the clergyman was horrified to find that he had married the best man. He immediately returned to the altar for a fresh ceremony and married the right man.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22250, 15 November 1937, Page 10
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