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Saturday, 30 June 2012

The Irish Wave

It usually takes the form of an index finger raise above the steering wheels whilst driving past someone you know or a partial hand raise if you are not driving. In a village like Portlaw, this can result in many finger and partial hand raises in a five minute journey. So engrained is this habit, that The Mayor (Nora) even waves at people with their back to her!

The photo below is a picture of one of the 3-4 guys whom regularly frequent a street corner in Portlaw, guarding all that enter the town. They employ the partial hand raise. Tucked behind a sign on the corner is a piece of cardboard for each of them covered in plastic that they each sit on when on duty.


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