The penny fir the black babies box

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Anyone else old enough to remember this the original scam🙄
We had to bring in a penny each week in national school in the 60 s to help the black babies in tbe 3 rd world,
Ohhh the black babies were genuine but I reckon most of the bobs never left the parish coffers!

True story concerning same during covid .
I was in a line in the fir Dunnes( small one - Bishopstown)

Ppl in front of me and behind, mostly older and respectable.

Heard a roar from across the car park
“ ***** ******”
Looked over but couldn’t recognise the sham, waved but he roared again-

“ what about the time we robbed the penny for the black babies box? Huh?”

Obviously I tried to ignore the cunt ( we were 9 years of age when it happened)

Nibbler only roared twice as loud , utter cunt, and despite me ignoring him , and a big red puss under the mask ,
I was disgraced, and the shagging line was barely moving,
And I couldn’t retaliate with all the ol dolls about,
mortified- anyways that’s my ramke about the crime of the century- 1966- 1967

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Fir the love of God.

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Different times- we had over 44 in the class all boys
We’d enough black jacks n sherbets for each fir the week
Until the muinteoir checked his box Friday morning
Then all hell broke loose,
The leather came out ages an bata mor,
Twas worth it though

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The first one I remember was a collection for Cambodia, I brought in a few pence

But I didn’t rob the poor bastards :joy:

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Sure we didn’t rob the black babies either
Well not intentionally or directly
In our heads anyways
By fuck we paid for it thoroughly in kind,
Era twas grand.

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There were 48 of us in Brother Pruntys class. Brother Prunty had a number of implements for enforcing discipline

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Fir

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One of the stories about me as a child that has entered the family lore is putting the shilling into the plate that my granny gave me for the purpose and taking tuppence back out.

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We’d presentation bros in secondary
Not too bad tbh- a few dawks.

But in primary school we’d Don Lynch
( jacks nephew- goalie with glen rovers who brought his Canaan to class- bend down and a lash across the hole- shirts pants then!

Then we’d a Kerry cunt- principal
Con Burns
Who practically orgasmed with the effort he made to leather us,
Then we’d a pointer’ stick, inevitable duster,
And a particularly evil teacher
( black babies man)Harry Higgins
Who used to send us out to pick our own stick off the tree/ sapling

Faiigh an bata was the order
Woe to he who came in with one too thin it thick it short,
Hope the cunt is roaring below atm.

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:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

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A knife may have been used to jimmy out coins from the Vincent de Paul tins circa 94

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We were just - not cute enough

A case of -we could nearly taste the black jacks already :blush:

Think the killer for us was this cunt used to be stuffing his bake with ginger nuts daily in front of us.

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My aunt lives across the road. I’ll ask her was there any CCFC hooligans roaring about black babies in the car park today

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:blush::blush::blush::blush:

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My brother is a near neighbour of hers

Good part of Cork city
I’m uam var AVE originally

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Did u see the extension?

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I haven’t been there in years mate

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Ahhh pity, aging part of Cork

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I’d say logic and reasoning were not 2 of his methods.

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