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This couple got married in France. The bride wrote on the YouTube page:

"... he was the chair of the local organist society so we assumed he would be ok. Of course we had no idea what the going rate for an organist is. I can assure you we didn't shop around in the bargain basement looking for the cheapest option! Anyway, as said, it didn't spoil the day, it was just 'different'. :-)"

Very different!

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SNP Wedding

Nicola Sturgeon, one of Scotland's most highly respected politicians, married SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, in a civil ceremony attended by close family, at Oran Mor, a bar and restaurant complex, formerly Kelvinside Parish Church.

Alex Salmond, along with other SNP colleagues and friends, attended the wedding reception which was hold at the same venue.

The wedding cake was made by Scottish teacake producers Tunnock's. Lovely touch!

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Handfasting

A Dundee bride chose to follow her legal wedding service with a less orthodox marriage ceremony.

The second ceremony was an ancient Celtic handfasting ritual, in which their hands were tied together to symbolise their union.

Kevin and Gail Griffiths decided they wanted something special for their wedding day and this was something Gail, who is originally from Dundee, wanted to do.

The ceremony would traditionally bind the couple together for a year and a day, to allow them to decide whether they wished to spend their lives together. After that time they could either walk away or have it blessed and stay married.

Handfasting is a ceremony not a service but was still legally accepted in Scotland until 1940. This style of ceremony was recognised by clans as a formal union and is the origin for the phrase 'tying the knot'.

Some years ago I attended a wedding which included a handfasting ceremony and it was very moving. The couple both had strong clan ties and the ceremony was performed by the groom's clan chief. In the film Braveheart didn't William Wallace enact his own handfasting?

Source: Courier

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