In the early nineteenth century, a famous Irish political leader named Daniel O’Connell of Cahersiveen, County Kerry, had a donkey that he called Valiante. An old wives’ tale suggested that if a child had the measles, whooping cough, or any other childhood ailment, he or she could be cured by passing under and over O’Connell’s donkey […]
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1911: Pat, The Old Irish Donkey of Arthur Avenue That Never Missed a St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Posted: 9th March 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Animal AttractionsTags: Arthur Avenue, Michael O'Connell, New York City History, St. Patrick's Day, St. Patrick's Day Parade
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