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An irish mother's letter to her son.....
Dear Son,
Just a few lines to let you know i'm still alive, i'm writing
this letter slowly because i know you cannot read very fast. You
won't know the house when you come home, we've moved. About your
father, he has a lovely new job, he has 500 men under him, he is
cutting the grass at the cemetery. There was a washing machine in
the new house when we moved in, but it isn't working too good.
Last week i put 14 shirts into it, pulled the chain, and haven't
seen them since. You sister Mary had a baby this morning, i
haven't found out whether it's a boy or girl, so i dont know
whether you're a aunt or an uncle. Your uncle Dick drowned last
week in a vat of whiskey in Dublin brewery. Some of his workmates
dived in to save him but he fought them off bravely. We cremated
his body and it took three days for the fire to go out. Your
father didn't have much to drink at Christmas. I put a bottle of
caster oil in his beer and it kept him going till the new year's
day. I went to the doctor on thursday and your father came with
me. The doctor put a small glass tube in my mouth and told me not
to open it for ten minutes. Your father offered to buy it from
him. It only rained twice last week, first for three day's and
then for four day's. Monday, it was so windy that one of our
chickens laid the same egg four times. We had a letter from the
undertaker. He said that if we don't pay the instalments on your
grandfather within 7 days, up he comes.
Your loving mother.
P.S.
I was going to send you ten pounds but I had already sealed the
envelope.
_________________________________________________________________
73 Scribe.