Henry óg with new arrival ‘It’s impossible to get a donkey to pull a cart these days’ ‘Aye. Come to think of it…. when’s the last time you saw a donkey pulling a cart?’ ‘When I was a wee lad that’s all you saw around these parts. Donkeys pulling carts. Carts with creamery cans. Carts with turf. Carts with sea weed. And donkeys pulling them’. ‘The last time I tried to back a donkey into a cart it turned into a bucking bronco. Remember that wee dark she donkey, Susie? As quiet as a mouse until you tried to back her into a cart….. then … There is nothing worse than a donkey with attitude. But you wud know all about that anyway, wudn’t you? With the work you do.’ ‘Don’t talk about work. The holidays is nearly over’. ‘So is the rain. Just in time for the kids going back to school. When’s the last time you saw a donkey cart?’ ‘Ah Wee Boots probably knows where to get one. Wee Boots is a great donkey man. He brought two wee foals up from Galway. One in the back of the car. That was in the day