It was the first day in senior infants in a new town for Johnny. As a test, his teacher went around the room and asked each of the students to count up to 50. Some did very well, counting as high as 30 or 40 with just a few mistakes. Others couldn`t get past 20. Shane, however, did extremely well; he counted past 50, right up to 100 without any mistakes. He was so excited that he ran home and told his Da how well he had done. His Da nodded and told him, "That`s because you are from Cavan, son."
    The next day, the teacher asked the students to recite the alphabet. It`s senior infants, so a fair few of them could make it half way through without much trouble. Some made it to S or T, but Shane rattled off the alphabet perfectly right to the end. That evening, Shane once again bragged to his Da about his prowess in his new school. The Da, knowingly, explained to him, "That`s because you are from Cavan, son."
    The next day, after PE, the boys were taking showers. Shane noted that, compared to the other boys in his class, he seemed overly "well endowed". This confused him mightily. That night he told his Dad. "Da, Da, they all have little tiny ones, but mine is ten times bigger than theirs. Is that because I`m from Cavan?" he asked. "No, son," explained his Dad, "That`s because you`re 19..."
    
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