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I made a story card for the couple and included the words "A penny for his pocket, a penny for her shoe"!
Circulated Irish coins - choose from numismatic values unpolished or polished like new.
The custom of "a silver sixpence for her shoe" seems to have originated with the Celts in Scotland, but my mother-in-law lived to be 100 and remembers clearly that when Ireland finally got her own set of fine coinage, the story quickly became:
"Some old
Some new
Some borrowed
Some blue
An Irish sixpence for her shoe"
Please note that I aim to make all my packaging reusable.
So my labels will be torn from the lovely silver boxes - re-gifted.
Half yard of shamrocks or blue ribbon will make up some bows
Organzo bags can be used for your lavender flower bouquets!
For all the brides, grooms and their friends!
All of these coins have the Irish harp with the mint date on the obverse.
The coins available will vary slightly by year, as they are old and Irish.
But I will clean, polish and seal them to the brightest possible state.
To this day, the harp appears on the reverse of Irish coins.
It was first introduced in 1531 when Henry VIII proclaimed his "new kingdom".
It was banned in the late Middle Ages because it had become a symbol of Irish pride.
In 1700, the harp was revived for its musical and symbolic significance.
In 1798, the Wexford rebels had a harp depicted on their flags as they fought at Vinegar Hill.
In 1500, the oldest surviving harp in Ireland was displayed at Trinity College, Dublin.
In 1862, the Guinness Brewery adopted the harp as its company logo.
In 1922, the new Free State adopted it (facing the opposite direction) as its official seal!
In 2009, the Samuel Beckett Bridge opened in Dublin - the design was inspired by the harp on Irish coins.
