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The Death of Olga Bracely

9 November, 2019
Posted in: Cork, Family, Ireland

A couple of years ago, I rescued a ceramic hen from Cork . She was a feature of my childhood when she would be brought out on special occasions to sit on boiled eggs. My father slightly resisted her departure to Dublin but the house in Cork is so full of stuff that he yielded and let her off to the bright lights of Dublin.

When I got her to Dublin, my family felt she needed a name, so she was called Olga Bracely after the character from the Mapp and Lucia books although in character she was much more a Mrs. Mapp type than an Olga Bracely as the latter, despite her great name, is in fact a lovely individual whereas my hen clearly had a very difficult personality.

Until this week, she sat on the shelf above the sink superciliously surveying her domain. Sadly, though, the other evening I stuck something up on the shelf leading to a domino effect which broke a picture frame and knocked Olga Bracely to the ground where she was smashed to smithereens, only her head and tail remaining intact. They are currently sitting forlornly on the shelf but they may have to go. Alas. Call me craven but I just don’t think I’ll mention it my father.

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Olga Bracely in her prime

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  1. townmouse says

    10 November, 2019 at 17:23

    That is rather a disconcerting looking hen – and I can only imagine that the severed head is even more disturbing.

  2. Praxis says

    10 November, 2019 at 18:32

    Miss Mapp, which I bought with you in Rye, is still alive and well – though vastly inferior.

  3. belgianwaffle says

    11 November, 2019 at 20:52

    TM, you are very right about the severed head. I am not sure whether I am ready to let go yet.

    Praxis, I am delighted to hear about Miss Mapp.

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