'I seemed to be always in trouble'

'I seemed to be always in trouble'

Maisie McNailly describes memories of being in trouble at school.

Maisie McNailly

Trinity College Dublin

1929

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Maisie McNailly

Childhood and Early Life

Life Story

Co. Down

1920's

One memory I will never forget. I went to school when I was four years. The small children sat on a mat on the floor playing with blocks. I put one in my mouth behind my teeth. The teachers tried to get it out with no success. The principal came along and had a go and eventually got it out. I had a very sore mouth. One day playing hide and seek in the barns, I caught my finger in a fish hook. Someone tried pulling it back. A man came along he tried pushing the hook on and cut it off when it came out, then pulled it out. I put my finger in peroxide kept it there for some time and had a dressing.I seemed to be always in trouble.

Irish Research Council for Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (IRCHSS)

Dr Kathleen McTiernan (Trinity College Dublin)

Dr Deirdre O'Donnell (Trinity College Dublin)