Well, it's true - I did say I was going to eat a broom if any of those handmade shamrock notecards were sold at the Irish Fair bazaar. But when the first one actually was sold, I quickly had to withdraw, not just regretting my words, but also feeling very ashamed about that (German?!) pessimism… Besides, I couldn't even have managed a whole broom, for my tummy was filled with all the Irish specialities already!

However, I guess I should have fulfilled my promise and eaten the broom, though, because (as we learned a week later) it was Cathy who had to push the broom around over the floor for the final clean-up after the Fair. And she might have wished for no broom to be there…So, you know, I just wanna say "thank you," and I promise, next time I'll be sure to eat it!

Mary Mädler