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The Owl statues in the Lecky

  • 20-10-2009 10:37pm
    #1
    lou91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 399 ✭✭lou91


    Very, very, disturbing. The eyes follow you when you move...
    Who owns them? Who bought them? Is there a back story involving a lonely librarian woman?
    I NEED ANSWERS!


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  • #2
    shay_562
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,764 ✭✭✭shay_562


    If I remember my first-year library orientation lecture correctly, they belong to Ruth Potterton, one of the librarians who seems to mainly work out of the owl-covered part of the Lecky. She didn't seem especially crazy (or at least, no more so than any other librarian I've ever met), in fact she seemed quite cheery about her devout love of owls, though she didn't explain where exactly it came from...


  • #3
    d93c2inhxfok4y
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭d93c2inhxfok4y


    shay_562 wrote: »
    If I remember my first-year library orientation lecture correctly, they belong to Ruth Potterton, one of the librarians who seems to mainly work out of the owl-covered part of the Lecky. She didn't seem especially crazy (or at least, no more so than any other librarian I've ever met), in fact she seemed quite cheery about her devout love of owls, though she didn't explain where exactly it came from...

    That is a fantastic explanation, genuinley.


  • #4
    Tricity Bendix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭Tricity Bendix


    Potterton rules. I'll let her away with a wierd owl collection because she's so awesome at librarianing.


  • #5
    lou91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 399 ✭✭lou91


    Sutton Rotten Freight wrote: »
    That is a fantastic explanation, genuinley.

    Pretty much!


  • #6
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    Yeah,they belong to Ruth..our readers-services matriarch..rumour has it that she's actually terrified of owls and she's trying to conquer her fear somehow.;)


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  • #7
    Mary Thankful Roller-skate
    Posts: 0 ✭ Mary Thankful Roller-skate


    She gave me a scary look when i gave her a weird one..:eek:


  • #8
    oogyoop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭oogyoop


    one of the librarians looks quite owlish... is that her?


  • #9
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    oogyoop wrote: »
    one of the librarians looks quite owlish... is that her?


    No..thats me..wise-lookking etc :)


  • #10
    Prof.Badass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Prof.Badass


    [quote=[Deleted User];62691490]She gave me a scary look when i gave her a weird one..:eek:[/quote]

    orly.jpg

    A friend told me that it started out as a small owl collection, then loads of classes started buying her owls when they graduated. Over the years more and more people bought her owls as presents untill she had ammased her mighty collection.

    [typical trinity myth for tourists] Rumour also has it that they come to life when the library closes [/typical trinity myth for tourists] :P.
    Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on


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