Knock, Knock, who's there...

Apparently not everyone in Ireland is sane! I know this may come as a shock to those of us who thought that Ireland was full of enlightened Celtic tigers these days but according to this story in the Irish Times today there are at least a few thousand Celtic lemmings who believe that standing around in graveyards staring at the sun on a clairvoyant's promise of a vision of "our lady" is a good use of their leisure time.

Several of the crowd reported they could see the sun "shimmering" (gosh!); I can't help thinking that staring directly at the sun for even a few minutes would tend to have a rather dramatic effect on your eyes; evidently what passes for a miracle in Ireland these days isn't quite up to the standards set by Marian apparitions of old, no mysterious glowing figures, angels, blood, tears or even a shabby old sheep, I'd definitely demand a refund...