Pee Shooters

[andybrennan]

Hi guys
How many of ye fine chaps used the peashooters from around sewage farm
They were a green stalk and worked very well except you got a big sore mouth , blisters all over still did not stop their use, I think that they left traces of acid which burned the skin, I cannot remember the plant, perhaps Joey or Johnny can.

Another thing who remembers the silver cups stick to the ceilings of our houses in the Curragh mostly smokers houses I was amazed to see them there months or even year or two after

Cheers Andy

[kellquinn]

Hi Andy
Reference the Peashooters, They were known as mock Rhubarb plants except they were hollow in the middle and indeed made great peashooters, every time we used them we had to go to the Families Hospital with blisters on hands, mouth and legs, and where ever the plant touched exposed skin, the treatment a great daub of blue stuff all over the affected area, and a stern warning from the Badger Burke, or Sister Mary Ward.
There were various seasons of items like that as kids in the Curragh, Bow and Arrow season, Hoops, Trolleys, Hatchets, Grand Nationals, Soccer,Rugby with no rules,.
What a great childhood with long Summer months, so hot and long that the farmers had to place water troughs on the plains to keep the sheep from dying of thirst.


Regards


Joey

[andybrennan]

Thats them Joey
I remember a documentary on the self same plant and far as I remember they were introduced as aquatic plants by the British, but they grew out of control and took over the place, also dangerous to wander through as they can cause major burns

Cheers Andy

[afcmoore]

Hi Joey.
I remember those little cups made from silver in the cig boxes well and the other paper which was white stuck in the bottom.I was a real marksman with them on the high ceilings in Wexford Military BKS. I also went to school with two Dutch boys whose Fathers helped build the bridge in Wexford in the late 50s.The young Dutch Lads showed us how to use a 1in round metal pipe about 2ft long and shoot paper cones through them just like a peashooter.I got in a lot of trouble over these weapons because in the summer you could shoot the cones with message on them through peoples open windows from the high barracks stone walls.It was a great way of contacted your friends and their Parents didn't see the funny side when these rockets landed in there bedrooms in the early mornings.I'm given you a silver cup award for reminding me of this and the young housewife of today would be horrified of those relics of the past stuck to their ceilings . We now live in the era of DIY and home improvements and design the silver cup has no place
Cheers Anthony

[tommyhetherington]

Hi Joey,
Don't forget the tennis and the show jumping, no rules was the rule and latter in life in the Army was " Army Rules" The VollyBall was good for this Rule it became a contact sport.

Tommy H