A silly post, not sure if it will work in with the seriousity of this group. Dear Son, Just a few lines to let you know Im still alive. Im writing this letter slowly because I know you cant read fast. We are all doing very well. You wont recognise the house when you get home - we have moved. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happen within 20 miles from your home, so we moved. I wont be able to send you the address because the last Irish family that lived here took the house numbers when they moved so that they wouldnt have to change their address. This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine. Im not sure it works so well though: last week I put a load in and pulled the chain and havent seen them since. Your fathers got a really good job now. Hes got 500 men under him. Hes cutting the grass at the cemetery. Your sister Mary had a baby this morning but I havent found out if its a boy or a girl, so I dont know whether you are an auntie or an uncle. Your brother Tom is still in the army. Hes only been there a short while and theyve already made him a court martial! Your Uncle Patrick drowned last week in a vat of whiskey in the Dublin Brewery. Some of his workmates tried to save him but he fought them off bravely. They cremated him and it took three days to put out the fire. Im sorry to say that your cousin Seamus was arrested while riding his bicycle last week. They are charging him with dope peddling. I went to the doctor on Thursday and your father went with me. The doctor put a small tube in my mouth and told me not to talk for ten minutes. Your father offered to buy it from him. The weather isnt bad here. It only rained twice this week, first for three days and then for four days. Monday was so windy one of the chickens laid the same egg four times. We had a letter from the under-taker. He said if the last payment on your Grandmothers plot wasnt paid in seven days, up she comes. About that coat you wanted me to send you, your Uncle Stanley said it would be too heavy to send in the mail with the buttons on, so we cut them off and put them in the pockets. John locked his keys in the car yesterday. We were really worried because it took him two hours to get me and your father out. Three of your friends went off a bridge in a pick-up truck. Ralph was driving. He rolled down the window and swam to safety. Your other two friends were in back. They drowned because they couldnt get the tailgate down. There isnt much more news at this time. Nothing much has happened. Your loving Mum P.S. I was going to send you some money but I had already sealed the envelope.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 04:33:35 +0000
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