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From: Jeff Scism <>
Subject: Re: [DNA-R1B1C7] Where we got the name "Scotch-Irish?"
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:33:34 -0700
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Steven Lominac wrote:
> I was also under the impression that Irish who had been in America for some time called themselves Scotch Irish to differentiate themselves from the boatloads of Irish immigrants who came in the wake of the potato famine and were not greeted warmly in many quarters. Thanks for the info.
I believe that was "Scots-Irish" I know a lot of Scots who get beet red
over being called "Scotch" like the Tape, or the Liquor.

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Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG
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