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Subject: Re: [R-M222] Highland Papers
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 16:47:58 EDT


In a message dated 5/13/2011 2:38:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
writes:

It is, in the present day, scarcely conceivable how men could commit such
absurdities to writing.


That's a pretty apt description of 17th century clan histories. Not just
in Scotland either. The McSweeneys and O'Neills also dabble in the same
genre.


John



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