School: Naomh Bríghid, Blackwater (roll number 7036)
- Location:
- Blackwater, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)They found several live pigs on board which they slaughtered forthwith and carried off.
Now comes the comic side of this tragedy of the sea: There was a parrot on board and one of it's 'sayings' was 'kill 'em and ate 'em', and when the coast guards arrived, there was the poor bird holding forth it's pet phrase over a deck full of blood of the slaughtered pigs.
To this day the people of this locality are known all over the county as the 'kill'ems and ate'ems'.
They resented this at one time, I hear, but now time has worn down the edge & the asucan. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- John Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Ballynadrishoge, Co. Wexford