harrow. And I guess he and his brother would have anything bigger between them. And we'd have a truck wagon and a cart and all that kind of thing. A horse and wagon; he had a lovely driving mare horse and the wagon and a nice sleigh, too, a real nice sleigh. [We were married] in Iona. Father Gaudet... . My wedding dress was white; wait, I'll tell you. It was white - it wasn't silk even - it was white, fine, fine, muslin-like. And you know, I have it yet. It was really lovely. A woman down in Montague made it. There was an awful, awful lot of lace on it. In fact, the sleeves were all lace. And lace around here and quite tight. And the skirt - there was lace around it. Oh, I got compliments on that.... And I had a veil. Terrible stylish. But you know? That dress after that? I wore it to dances. You could wear it to dances because there was no train on it or anything. Generally, they were married on Tuesday. They'd be, oh, at that time, [the banns] they'd be called on the Sunday... . And at the bride's home there'd be a dinner and that would go on all hours of the night, dancing or whatever. And then the bride and groom, they'd go home, I guess, the next day to his house, and then on Thursday there'd be a big time at his house. There'd be a dance and going on and they'd have everything with it. I often think how his father didn't believe in dances. We had no dancing. It was just a fine time but there was no dancing at all. Oh, the neighbours came in and we had a lovely supper. There was quite a crowd but there was no dancing. That was the trouble. Wasn't he good in a way to put up with his father? How they respected them. Grace of God Before my time...the fella'd have to go to the house and he'd ask the father if he could get the girl. There was one time that was the do; they had to go and find out... . Well, this fella. They were threshing with the old horse¬ power with the horses on it. And this man came, and Father was feeding the mill. And I guess he had to stop the mill, likely, to talk. This fella wanted to know if he could marry Kate, my sister Kate. And Father said, well, he thought not. He thought she had somebody else in view. So she had. But now, imagine him coming along like that. You'd think you were buying a cow, wouldn't you? It's come along way, hasn't it? But then again, just think about that now. I know a case down home; in fact, they're related. There was a Henneberry man and he was living up in Morell . And he was related to Father James Phelan , old Father James Phelan that came from Ireland; in fact, they all Josephine Morrissey 135