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For full academic dress at special occasions, the prescribed clothing for men with degrees is a dinner jacket, worn with dark trousers, a white shirt, white or black bow tie, black socks and black shoes - in other words, following the black tie dress code. (The option to wear a white bow tie is a vestige of previous decades where full white tie ...
A school's Debs, also called Grad or Grads, is the formal ball for students in their final year of secondary school in the Republic of Ireland, [ 1] analogous to the prom in North American schools or the school formal in Australia. [ 2][ 3] It is most commonly referred to as "the Debs" (from "debutante"), but some schools (mainly boys' or ...
Academic dress of King's College London in different colours, designed and presented by fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Academic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, mainly tertiary (and sometimes secondary) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained a university degree (or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assume them (e.g., undergraduate ...
Around the globe, graduation carries wide-ranging significance; it's a moment of profound historical and social meaning, though some traditions don't quite translate across cultural lines.
11. Church services honoring St. Patrick. At its core, St. Patrick's Day is a religious holiday honoring Ireland's patron saint, so many Catholics (especially, of course, Irish Catholics) mark the ...
Fearless Dining. I'm of the mindset that after 12 years of high school (plus the usual 3 years of preschool and kindergarten), the new grad has the right to ask to begin with dessert at ...
The culture of Ireland includes the art, music, dance, folklore, traditional clothing, language, literature, cuisine and sport associated with Ireland and the Irish people. For most of its recorded history, the country’s culture has been primarily Gaelic (see Gaelic Ireland ). Strong family values, wit and an appreciation for tradition are ...
The Leaving Certificate Examination ( Irish: Scrúdú na hArdteistiméireachta ), commonly referred to as the Leaving Cert or (informally) the Leaving (Irish: Ardteist ), is the final exam of the Irish secondary school system and the university matriculation examination in Ireland. It takes a minimum of two years' preparation, but an optional ...