Mementos - Snapshots of Life
First thing I reach for in the morning...
The happiest time of my life ever was whenever I spent time with them
I was a stable boy and they were very posh people! It took nearly two weeks before I was let near the house...
He picked 12 of us to go learn and we would have a free house for that time
I listen and remember how I live my life influences the people around me
My grandfather taught me how to do it… it’s Pictish art work
When I was about 11 going on 12 I remember Mum doing this embroidery. The different needles and threads...
I ran away from the orphanage when I was just 7 years of age but I didnt get far...
I have two birthdays. When I left they gave me the 1st August and then on the other records...
My mother had 19 children, well 24 actually, but a lot of them died. She was pregnant…
My grandmother gave me this one. To me it means family... thinking what I went through...
Art means everything to me. It stayed with me all my life. oh when I paint...
We were about 14 years of age and I was up there in the woods in Shanakiel...
I play them off the legs, I even play them against my head sometimes!
I have Padre Pio in my bedroom...
It just makes me relax. It clears my mind, it does. The nature starts me off…
They are a hobby for me
I remember we used to go picking the wild strawberries
You might be very quick to say something but when you have a pen in your hand and you are writing something...
I was in school and I was only five years of age… it was an old part of the school and I was alone…
What happened to her when she died was we burnt the caravan
Now you see, we’ve got… our own language. Traveller’s Cant. Cant is different than English.
I have done the marathon three times in Cork now
Had my first cigarette when I was 7...
He is the only one that whistles... they say he is the lucky one
Mobile phones have changed things. When I met my ex-wife first it was 1980. She gave me her address...
It represents problems being solved
This is my angel. My daughter gave it to me.
Tuesday night was the chart night!
I seen my brother going away in a white coffin... I was five... and I knew it was my brother in the coffin…
I taught myself to play, just listening to songs
We met on Facebook. I am going to take it slow now at my age though!
If anything is alive, it can talk. That is my belief about nature...
Dont ever pick up a comb because the Banshee will be around
Star Trek is just nostalgic to me!
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