Green-fingered Orangeman takes light hearted view of lilies losing their heads
![The orange lilies were 'stripped of their dignity', according to the green-fingered Lisburn Orangeman.](https://www.northernirelandworld.com/webimg/legacy_oak_96339230.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![The orange lilies were 'stripped of their dignity', according to the green-fingered Lisburn Orangeman.](/img/placeholder.png)
The man revealed how his 12 orange lilies had been “stripped of their dignity”, with the flowers having been chopped from their stems.
But taking a light-hearted view of the situation, the Orangeman penned an email to the Ulster Star detailing the incident, making tongue-in-cheek references to the current political situation.
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Hide Ad“Some say it could have been rabbits, earwigs or beetles - crocodiles were not mentioned,” the man jested.
“Could it have been an orange dissident or someone with green fingers? The garden suppliers are at a loss to identify the culprit.
“Growing conditions were ideal as it wasn’t a hard border but a favoured soft border, and they weren’t stuck where the sun doesn’t shine!”
He added: “If the lilies could speak they would say ‘We haven’t gone away you know, and DV next Twelfth our day will come’!”