Christmas: a time for giving, takingand hot knickers

MANY years ago, before I became the farmer you now read about every week, I was a security guard.

Hard as it is to believe, there was a time when I was not a farmer! For four years, I pounded the night-time beat in various premises around Cork city and county.

Christmas was a particularly busy time for us in the security game, and usually I would find myself posted in some clothing store in the city centre.