I DIDN’T KNOW THAT LADIES COULD SWARE.

The Urbenville dance was usually held on Friday night, the popular events attracted hundreds of people and the dancing would continue into the early hours of the morning.

The village hall would be full of young people from the local farms and neighboring villages, all eager to enjoy each other’s company and find a little romance.

Men would tie up their horses on one side of the hall, while the ladies had a set of hitching rails on the other side, this gave privacy and dignity for the women as they dismounted.
Pat Harris could not resist a joke, and nobody was safe from his tricks.

Paddy slipped out of the hall one winter evening shifted one mans horse up three positions on the hitching rail, and then whitewashed the horse, giving it a completely different appearance.
The owner came out of the hall to ride home and unable to find his horse, he was sure that the horse had been stolen and went to get the village constable.

On the other side of the building, Paddy had removed all of the ladies saddles and replaced them, backwards on the horses. Paddy hid in the bushes behind the hall to watch all the fun, he later remarked that he did not know that ladies could swear like that.