An old rocking horse

This old rocking horse was in Limerick Animal Welfare's furniture shop today.  I had a tin rocking horse when I was a child and loved it.  This dobbin looks as if generations of children have had fun on it.  It has a repair on the neck and the handles are loose with the paint worn off them at the ends.  It reminded me a little of some of the poor horses you see around Limerick, also cast aside and tired looking with a hesitant look in their eyes as if they don't know what to expect.  I put it up on the table to photograph it better and when I went in the shop later it was gone, hopefully to bring more joy to another child somewhere.