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Radio Foyle,07 May 2026,56 mins

“I woke up with a black eye!”

Sean Coyle

Available for 28 days

“Yesterday morning when I arose from my slumber I had a black eye,” Sean says. “The eye itself is perfectly OK. I can see clearly. People are telling me all sorts of things. Like I should go to the doctor. Or the chemist. Or to get treen teabags and place them on my eye. Do I wet the teabag, and sit back and think?” “It sounds like your wife clobbered you in the night,” says Cathy in Rathfriland. “Apologise. It doesn't matter what you did! Say sorry...” “But I did nothing,” Sean says. “She did nothing! How will that cure my black eye, Cathy? I’ll still have a black eye.” “A cure for the black eye is to sleep on your own side of the bed at night,” says Gerry. “You won't wake up with a black eye.” “Thanks Gerry. You’re all heart.” With music from Shakin’ Stevens, Wilson Pickett, Iris Dement, and more.

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