Well one of the most interesting and disturbing experiences in my almost year here in Ireland. We had been talking about wanting to go to the horse fair in Dublin for a long time, but I never really thought we'd actually go. When we got a call from Richy's sister saying her husband John wanted to come buy a pony for his nieces and nephews we jumped at the chance to go!
On arrival I was overtaken by the sight. Nothing but "knackers" and their horses as far as the eye could see...
For those who aren't familiar with the term knacker I will explain. It is a term given to those whom dress in tracksuits all of the time! It usually isn't a nice term so don't go around calling people knackers. Usually knacker is associated with trouble makers, etc.
Anyway for some strange reason knackers love their horses, even though most live in apartment complexes it doesn't stop them from buying them. It isn't uncommon to drive by such places and see horses tied up in the green space of the building. So picture an apartment complex with the little green space and now picture a few horses tied up! I didn't believe it til I saw it!
So as we were watching this spectacle take place I started to get a bit nervous when someone yelled "fight" and the cops and everyone took off running or on their horse to see the fight. We decided to just stay put. Eventually people came back. Then a man came and stood next to me to get out of the rain.
He looked like a local of the area but was nice and wasn't in a track suit! ha! I asked him if he was buying a horse and his response was and I quote.."na na ye wouldn't want to buy yizzer horse here, nothing but drug deelers and travelers selling horses here wha?" there were no spelling mistakes there...just my best attempt to get his accent across to ya!
Well that was enough to turn me into a total freak(I read the paper and those are the last people in Dublin you want to mess with). I swear my own footsteps had me jumping after that statement! We met John and Andrea and they were disappointed by the selection, so no horse for them! Here are a few pics from the eventful day!
a very nervous Joanna and a calm Richy as usual!
John in the red rain jacket giving the horses a look. He stuck out in the crowd! ha!
poor guys! :(
hanging on for dear life to see what the "fight" was all about!
does PETA handle international issues?!
8 comments:
heelarious! miss you!
well maybe a bit not "PC" but I know for a fact the Edinburgh Metro has an article devoted to knackers. People write in to tell their stories about encounters, etc. So if the newspaper can write it, I can too! :)
felt so out of place...and i was dressed down for the day in jeans and a cardy...so overdressed to be hanging out with knackers and the loikes...roysh...like totally couldnt wait to get the flock out of there and source a britney spears or two...
roysh "ross o'carroll-kelly" too posh for the horse fair?! funny stuff richy mac! :)
Those sketchy folks probably hide their heroin in their horses' stomachs!
no lie Annie...i saw a few horses with cuts on the neck and said the same thing to Richard!
look up the meaning of knackers think you gotit all wrong what happended to andreas photos
"Knacker" is also used to describe a young anti-social person,. The words "scanger" and "scumbag" have the same meaning to this term.
this was the def i found Mary! See you this weekend! :)
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