This is a Wooden Dutch wedding. You would not believe it. And since Annett is my partner, and long ago committed us to the Wooden Wedding, it is to the lowlands of Holland I am heading tomorrow instead of to Cooraclare. Saying rise up, gallant sailor, and come along with me, To the low lowlands of Holland for to fight the enemy. You don't know what a Wooden Wedding is.
Cultures are different.
In rural Holland, close to the German border, they celebrate hugely the date which falls twelve years and six months after the original wedding. That is what it is. No, they say, cut it in half to twelve and a half years, and they will all be still alive. Do you know, it is a great idea. I think it is splendid.