By local agreement a Protestant band might march through a Catholic district in the morning quite peacefully. The drums would fall silent passing through a flashpoint town or village and no provocation would be offered. But then in the evening, on the way back, after the drink had circulated, the flutes would play and the drums roar out the ‘Protestant Boys’ or some other anthem of defiance and supremacy. The Catholics would attack the marchers and a riot would develop. This was very likely to be followed up a week or so later by a return raid by the Protestants on the offending village, which
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