De confession boxes

n.

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Indentations made on the bushes along Paddy Browne's long road by yungwans and yungfellas coortin' and muggin' de heads offa wan anudder. The indentations grew over and became natural private enclosures. The bushes and enclosures are now long since gone, but the memories are still fresh in the minds of many a Mammy and Daddy out there.

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Many a Waterford mother and father will blush at the mention of the confession boxes on Paddy Browne's Road.

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