But... Do People Have to Salute It?

11 August 2006 in

Goat crowned King of Ireland

DUBLIN, Ireland (Reuters) -- A goat named Louis was crowned King of Ireland on Thursday in one of the country's oldest festivals.

Each year a wild male mountain goat is caught in the foothills of Carrauntoohill, Ireland's highest mountain, and paraded through the country town of Killorglin as part of the Puck Fair -- an annual festival of music, drinking and dancing.

The goat then reigns for three days from a platform 15 meters (50 ft) above the town's streets.

 

  1. Ah, my people…its no wonder that we once had an empire that spanned 1/4 of wor…wait, nevermind.


    — mckenna    14 August 2006, 22:57    #

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