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When Jonathan Swift met Haim Ramon

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From: Jerusalem Post
Date: 19970110
Author:Amotz Asa-El

Amotz Asa-El
Jerusalem Post
01-10-1997
CAUGHT by a sudden thunderstorm while traveling across England, Jonathan Swift hid under a tree, where he was soon joined by a thuggish-looking man and an extremely pregnant woman. Expecting though the woman evidently was, she and the man were on their way to their wedding, and due to the unexpected circumstances they asked Swift - who was as a priest, as well as a famous author - to wed them.

Swift happily complied, but the thick-voiced groom demanded to be furnished with some documentation which would attest to the couple's wedlock. The writer ...

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