I Am Goat Boy

Sorry - that was Bill Hicks really.

This evening, we went to the Coronation of the King of Puck: a wild goat is caught, pampered and installed to oversee the festivities for a couple of days, amidst much ceremony. The rest of the pictures are here.

Anyone else find this disturbing?

The Queen's proclamation

King Puck

Richard Corrigan - TV cook. This is a complete pose, taken as soon as he spotted the camera

Finally, I reveal myself. This is actually me.

King Billy (Goat)

Puck Fair is one of Ireland's premier (and oldest) cultural events. Turns out that our friend Anita, who lurks on this blog, is Puck Royalty. The Fair's disastrous cross-border goat trading problems have reached the front page of the national press and her da's quoted. Looks like she'll be donning a goatskin if the passport doesn't appear.

She's moving to Stoke - hope she doesn't expect this (or any other) sort of cultural activity…