Player Handout 3
Information in current Dublin newspapers
- The winter weather is persisting longer than usual. Already, the rainfall this
month has exceeded the average rainfall for March, and the temperature
remains on the low side.
- As a results of the late Spring, farmers are worried about a bleak crop this
year. Agricultural experts say a fungus has started in the fields due to the high
rainfall and lack of sun.
- Our crime reporter says police are no closer to solving the mysterious crime
spree of last Fall. As our readers recall, a string of late night break-ins into a
number of apothecaries, chemists and jewelers in Dublin in October and
November left city police baffled. The stolen rare herbs, incense and oils from
the apothecaries and chemists and the gemstones from the jewelers have not
turned up in any black market. Police reject speculations that the thief
intended to use the various herbs, incense and oils personally but admit to
considering the possibility that a coven of witches or devil worshippers might
be the destination. Fortunately the crime wave ended as suddenly as it started.
- In a more humorous vein, the ruffians or students who thought it a lark to
leave torn children's suits, all in green, dabbed with blood from the butcher, in
remote alleys of the city and scream for help, have not been apprehended.
The police admitted to questioning students of various ages with attention
paid to initiation rites of clubs, lodges and fraternities. Apparently these jokers
became bored with their pranks, but not of a mind to confess, as the pranks
stopped shortly before Christmas Day. The police were mightily annoyed at
the numerous letter writers who blustered at the police for failing to catch the
"Leprechaun-Killers."