six o'clock
We , that is my party , were to be at the bride 's house about ten o'clock , and we were then to proceed , all on horseback , to the priest 's , to be married . We were then , after drinking something at Tom Hance 's public-house , to come back as far as the Dumbhill , where we were to start and run for the bottle . That morning we were all up at the shriek of day . From six o'clock my own faction , friends and neighbors , began to come , all mounted ; and about eight o'clock there was a whole regiment of them , some on horses , some on mules , others on raheries ** and asses ; and , by my word , I believe little Dick Snudaghan , the tailor 's apprentice , that had a hand in making my wedding-clothes , was mounted upon a buck goat , with a bridle of salvages tied to his horns . Anything at all to keep their feet from the ground ; for nobody would be allowed to go with the wedding that had n't some animal between them and the earth . * The morning or early part of the day , on which an Irish couple are married , up until noon , is called the bride 's part , which , if the fortunes of the pair are to be happy , is expected to be fair -- rain or storm being considered indicative of future calamity . ** A small , shaggy pony , so called from being found in great numbers on the Island of that name .