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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—I

Irish Wedding

When a person has a black eye we sometimes say to him, “You have been to an Irish wedding, I see,” because the Irish are more famous for giving their guests on these occasions black eyes than white favours.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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