[{"node":{"title":"Lingard020","Collections":"Chapter 3","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard020","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Weapon, Gerald, Cops","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard020","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Lingard020_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff18\n\n\"She's plenty time enough\" said her mother sharply. \"She might as well\nenjoy herself herself while she can.\"\n\n\"Aye*, you didn't get much chance, did you, xxxx Mary?\" said\nAlbert.\n\n\"I\u2019m not complaining.\"\n\nRound the corner, on the opposite side of the road, came a band\nof children, walking in single file, each carrying a toy gun or home-\nmade weapon.\n\n\"There's our Gerald,\" said Brede.\n\nGerald was leading the line; further back walked two of the younger\nMcCoys\n\n\"Gerald,\" called his mother. \"It's time you were coming inCome on you in\"\n\n\"Oh Ma, it's early yet.\" Gerlad halted, with the line behind him\n\n\"LeaveLet the lad alone,\" said his fatherx. \"It's a fine summer night\nHe's better out playing than sitting in the house.\"\n\n\"I don't like the games he's palying.\"\n\n\"Ach, all lads play at cops and robbers.\"\n\n\"There's a bit more ta than playing to what they're doing.\"\n\n\"Can you blame them when they see tanks touring the streets and\nsoldiers with guns?\"\n\nMrs McCoy sighed. It was beyond her. She had not much time for\nthe Protestands but she would have preferred to live in peace in her\nstreet and et them live in theirs and she did not see why there was\nany need to meet in themiddle to fight. She wished she were back\nin the green fields of County Tyrone where she had grown up as a\nchild. When she was little older than Brede\n","Type":"Text"}}]