Three thugs attacked Slattery and it was a fierce struggle. Finally they got him down and took threee shillings and a half-penny from his pocket.
"WHat the hell did you put up a fight like that for three shillings and a halfpenny?" asked one of the disgusted hijackers.
"Sure I thought you were after the ten pound note in me sock."
Just for the record, it's County Down, not the County Down. I grew up there on the other side of the lough from Strangford.
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