CHAPTER 6
As David and his family thought they moved to a safe place, they never closed their front gate.
Apart from that they also felt with shutting the gate imprisoned. As a consequence, many of the kids from the neighbourhood made use of the always-open gate, came over and played in the Monagan’s garden. The American family thought that their democratic behaviour would welcome every kid, which was a rather considered to be a naïve thinking by the Irish. One day when a girl spat on Laura, David followed his duties as father and talked to her in a rather unfriendly way. His reaction, talking to the girl straightforward had the consequence that the kid’s garden play 
furniture had been smashed to bits.
“In Cork, the lexicon of the unsaid runs deep, and conflicts are discussed in parables.”
“A newcomer to Ireland had better learn those nuances”.
But this incident didn’t make the family's lose the faith in the Irish. As one day David lost his sunglasses
- not very inexpensive ones, he called Vincent Fahr, a Cork City fireman for help. After “diving and seeking” in the black, thick water-mud is probably the most suitable word, he finally managed to give them back to his proprietor. Having found a hero in Vincent, he also proved that a spirit of selfless dedication still “runs down the Irish backbone”.
As David and his family thought they moved to a safe place, they never closed their front gate.
Apart from that they also felt with shutting the gate imprisoned. As a consequence, many of the kids from the neighbourhood made use of the always-open gate, came over and played in the Monagan’s garden. The American family thought that their democratic behaviour would welcome every kid, which was a rather considered to be a naïve thinking by the Irish. One day when a girl spat on Laura, David followed his duties as father and talked to her in a rather unfriendly way. His reaction, talking to the girl straightforward had the consequence that the kid’s garden play 
furniture had been smashed to bits.“In Cork, the lexicon of the unsaid runs deep, and conflicts are discussed in parables.”
“A newcomer to Ireland had better learn those nuances”.
But this incident didn’t make the family's lose the faith in the Irish. As one day David lost his sunglasses
- not very inexpensive ones, he called Vincent Fahr, a Cork City fireman for help. After “diving and seeking” in the black, thick water-mud is probably the most suitable word, he finally managed to give them back to his proprietor. Having found a hero in Vincent, he also proved that a spirit of selfless dedication still “runs down the Irish backbone”.
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