Haigh, a Philippa. Creidim go raibh tú ag caint le cairde de mo chuid ag Sabhail Mór Ostaig ar na mallaibh. Nach ar achan duine abhí an t-iontas !! Ach, mar ba ghnách le mao mháthair a rá faoim, "Cluinfear d'ainm i n-áiteacha nach leagfaidh tú do chos ionntu." Whiteboys or "Buachaillí Bána were gangs of vigilantes operating in the Irish countryside during the C18. Their favourite punishment for those who fell foul of them was to "card" them i.e. to rip their naked backs with wool cards. these were wooden implements used to tease out the fibres of wool to prepare it for spinning. The cards were flat "bats" of wood studded with scores of sharply pointed steel needles. One can imagine the agony produced by "carding" someone. Annraoi