*Ø* Blogmanac | Ireland - Housewife takes shine to old grenade
A woman unearthed a War of Independence hand grenade in her back garden - and then proceeded to scrub and polish up the munition so it could be used as a decoration. Colombian-born Margot Adair even used a knife to chip away at the rusted casing of the live hand grenade. The Emergency Ordinance Disposal team found that the 80-year-old munition was still potentially lethal.
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