Kicker - A late return

NICK EICHER, HOST: It’s never too late to do the right thing—even when the right thing is simply returning an item you promised to return awhile ago.

A library in Ireland recently received a book that someone checked out years earlier—a copy of a book called The Hedge and the Horse.

Now, the Monaghan Town Library did away with all late fees in 2019, and good thing because the borrower of this particular book would have owed roughly $2,000 in fines!

Pretty steep, yeah, but the library patron checked out this title in 1957—January 11th, 1957 to be exact.

Interestingly, a library notice on the inside of the book stated—quote—“borrowers must report to the local librarian all cases of infectious disease occurring in their houses while library books are in their possession.”

Interesting time capsule—given Covid.

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