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The Irish Connection

Triona in Cosmic Ball attire It was November 2008, shortly after Guy Fawkes night, and I returned home with a newly-made friend, from an amazing 5-day workshop that my wife and I had been leading near Taunton. My friend, Triona, was delightfully Irish. In fact, as we sat down to watch an Irish rugby game against the All-Blacks on TV, you could tell that she was wonderfully patriotic. Alas, the Irish team suffered a heavy loss, with both sides giving a lackluster performance, and, after the game, I could tell that she was visibly shaken by the result. She had been so sure of an Irish victory. Then she told me that one of her relations had told her to be on the shoulder of the leading Irish scorer, to assist him in making the tries. And she hadn't been attentive enough to this task. :( So I asked her to tune in with me, about what could have made a difference to the outcome. Between us, we came up with - The NZ team had done a Haka before the game, to get their team co...