Some comments by children participating in the study:
On parades:
"An Orange parade goes past our house. My brother said there was bad boys behind them." (Catholic girl, 6).
"They're making a \ parade. I was in a parade and I was a baby and got lifted up." (Protestant boy, 5).
On the violence:
"IRA and Fenians - they rob and sometimes they shoot people. They have masks on." (Protestant boy, 5).
"They do bad things like set places on fire. Sometimes they wear masks." (Catholic girl, 6).
On flags:
"It's the Fenian flag. It's only bad people have that colour of flag." (Protestant girl, 6).
[On liking Tricolour\]: "Because it's a good flag. Because I'm a Catholic and it's a Catholic flag." (Catholic girl, 6).
[On the Union Jack\]: "It means that it's a Northern Ireland flag. It's on lampposts outside my house. It's to tell people that this is Northern Ireland." (Protestant boy, 6).
On the other community:
"I like the people who are ours. I don't like those ones because they are Orangemen. They're bad people." (Catholic girl, 4).
"They're Protestants and they're bad because they want to kill Catholics." (Catholic girl, 6).
"\ are the same as masked men. They smash windows." (Protestant girl, 4).
"Catholics don't like Protestants and that's why they don't like them - they're bad." (Catholic boy, 6).