Michael Carlin
Page Three
There was always a dog in my Granny Carlin’s house and of course lots of animals in Granny McGovern’s in the country. The strange thing was that my mother wouldn’t allow a pet in the house.
Corporal punishment was widely in use. I can never understand why I should be punished for getting the wrong answer. If the teacher had been doing his/her job properly, I would have understood the question better.