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QUAINT SCOTCH CUSTOMS
AT WEDDING
Bride Piped In And Out Of
Church
Quaint Scotch customs and traditions were a feature of the marriage last
night of Miss Jean Robina Pritchard to Mr. James Robertson Dagger, of Marl-
borough College, Blenheim, New Zealand, only son of Mr. and Mrs. James Dagger,
of Bay of Isles, N.Z.
were hidden in masses of Scotch
thistles, and on each table among the
exquisite mixed flowers the Scottish na
tional flower was included. Mixed
phlox and gladioli were used on the
bridal table, over the centre of which
hung a large wedding bell. 100 years
old. and lent by Mrs. W. L. McDonald.
Streamers of tiny silver bells formed
a canopy, and panels of Stuart tartan
were placed on the sides of the marquee,
with masks topped with Balmorals and
Glengarry caps among the floral deco
rations.
The three-tier bridal cake iras made
and presented to the bride by Mrs.
P. A. Grafton. of TJnley. It was deco
rated with bells and tiny figures, and
bows of tartan holding' sprays of white
heather were placed along the sides of
the square tiers. Another Scotch cus
tom was the inclusion in the decora
tions of a silver wishing bone, which
was broken by the bride and bridegroom
immediately the bride had cut the
cake. Musical items were interspersed
with the dancing until midnight, when
in the true Scotch custom, Mr. William
Milne sane "A Guid New Year to yin
an' all," and everybody shook hands.
Mrs. Pritchard wore a eown of silver
erev lace over cyclamen, toned eeor
eette. the wide bell-shaned sleeves
showing a lining of niching of the geor
gette, and a kilted frill outlining the
V-shaped neckline, finished with a cor
sage posy of matching velvet flowers.
Her hat of silver grey straw had a grey
ostricii feather sweeping the wide brim.
The bride left for the honeymoon
wearing a suit of jade green, self-pat
terned cloaue. with hat to match. Mr.
and Mrs. James R. Daeeer will leave
South Australia for Melbourne on Sat
urday, to join the Mongolia, en route
for New Zealand, where they will spend
a month motoring, before settling in
their home at Blenheim.
. The bride, who is the younger ;
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. t
Pritchard, of Avenue road, Mills- <
wood, was piped into Scots Church 1
by the Caledonian Pipers Band, j
under Pipe Major Niven, playing i
the "Highland Wedding," and as she j
left the church the pipes skirled "The ,
Road to the Isles." >
The ceremony was performed by the ,
Rev. N. L. D. Webster, and during the ,
signing of the register, the organist ,
played the Christmas Hymn. <
Masses of hydrangeas and Scotch i
thistles were used to decorate the
church, and on the pews were large i
bows of Royal Stuart tartan ribbon. I
Family Heirlooms '
The bride entered the church on the .
arm of her father, wearing a gown of 1
chalk white georgette over taffeta. An ,
unusual note was the fashioning of the .
gown in the period of Mary Stuart, [
with the fully gathered trained skirt .
fastened to a tight fitting bodice with t
upstanding collar at the back merging .
into a soft fichu drapery at the low cut
neckline in front, and caught with a
posy of orange blossom. The five-yard
length train of white tulle <lent by Mrs.
Turnbull, of Auckland, NJZ.), fell from
a framework of orange blossom buds,
fashioned with the becoming Mary
Stuart peak. At the high waistline on
the left side, the bride wore a 200-year
old silver chatelaine, which has been
handed down from the bride's name- '
sake and ancestress. Mistress Jean of
Ayr. Around her neck she wore a gold
and turquoise enamel locket, which had
belonged to her great-gTeat-grand
mother. She also wore the bride
. groom's gift, a platinum and diamond
; wristlet watch, and carried a bouquet of
' white flowers with trails of lilies of the
valley falling with the ends of the
white satin ribbon bow. A wee bow of
1 tartan ribbon and a tiny bunch ol
: Scotch heather sent especially from
[ Scotland were tucked into the bridal
i bouquet. ?
? As the bride walked up the aisle of
1 the church she was preceded by five
year-old lan Carter, son of Mr. and
? Mrs. George Carter, of Unley, who car
ried a white satin cushion embroidered
r in Scotch thistles and silver thread, the
I gift of Mrs. Carter, formerly of Edin
: burgh. The cushion was placed for
the bride to kneel upon by the small
attendant dressed In . Stuart Tartan
! kilts.
j Three bridesmaids, dressed alike, in
i Parma violet georgette gowns, mads
: exactly as the bride s, were In atten
" dance. They were Misses Betty Pritca-
J ard (bride's elder sister). Alison Hardys
and Dorothy McDonald. Violet satin
. sashes and shoes added a deeper color
note, with velvet camellia posies in the
„ same shade fastening the fichu. Their
?, hats of matching georgette were of the
c Mary Stuart design, with, a violet ca
e mellia in front of'the crown. They
carried beaded evening baps, the gift of
. the bridegroom, and bouquets of pink
c and purple flowers.
£ Mr. James Pritchard ("bride's bro
_ ther) was best man, and Messrs. Dou;;
-f. las White and Harold Horsfall were
f groomsmen,
d Scotch Customs
After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs.
I Pritchard entertained 150 guests at
their home in Avenue road. As the bride
s. and bridegroom entered the large mar
1. quee on the eastern lawn the Scotch
y custom of the bannock of shortbread
[? 'breaking the shortbread made by the
v brides mother over the brides head)
is was observed, with bagpipe musical
honors. The supports of the marquee
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