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From: "Marilyn Otterson" <>
Subject: Re: [S-I] Fw: Re: Whiskey galore
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:27:06 -0400
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Monya, I see you are researching Milligans. So am I. I wonder who your
Milligan ancestors are and where they came from...could you tell me?
Thanks,
Marilyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Monya Havekost" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [S-I] Fw: Re: Whiskey galore


> That got my attention too! I'd have to have my usual three cups of
> coffee and then wait more than a few hours before even beginning to
> consider that!
>
> Monya
>
> Fayette Co. AL list manager
> ASTON surname list manager
> MUSGROVE surname list manager
> THOMPSON surname list manager
> Researching: ANDERSON, ANDERSEN (Norway), ASTON, BISHOP, DODSON,
> FYLLINGSNES (Norway), GRANT, HARRIS, HOWELL, JORDAN, LESLIE, McDILL,
> McDONALD, MILLIGAN, MORTON, MUSGROVE, OWEN, PEDEN, SOUTH, STANFORD,
> THOMPSON, WEAVER and WEBSTER
>
> On Oct 18, 2008, at 8:07 PM, wrote:
>
>> Cliff, you had wine for breakfast???
>>
>> Linda Merle
>>
>>
>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: "Cliff. Johnston" <>
>>> Nothing like good homebrew! My grandfather used to make a red wine -
>>> exceptionally tasty. We always had a small glass at breakfast.
>>> He'd make a
>>> second run with the grape mash, add sugar and distill it. To this
>>> he'd add
>>> a small amount of honey. It had a kick like a mule!!!
>>>
>>> Cliff.
>>> "May the best you've ever seen,
>>> Be the worst you'll ever see;"
>>> from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Nannette" <>
>>> To: <>
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 6:56 PM
>>> Subject: [S-I] Fw: Re: Whiskey galore
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>>> This reminded me of my Mom b in 1905 who grew her own scupanongs (I
>>> don't
>>> know how to spell it) and made scupanong wine. She made a brew with
>>> corn
>>> squeezings too. Her Dad had a still and was known for his brew. A
>>> relative
>>> told me she had heard her Dad say "There are only two kind of
>>> Holifields.
>>> Those that make it and those that drink it." Grandpa's mother was
>>> descendant
>>> of Nathaniel Bailey who came from Belfast Ireland to Charleston, SC
>>> in 1768.
>>> They were on the Lord Dunagannon. But, like you said, people brewed
>>> with
>>> whatever was growing in the back yard.
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>>> :) Nannette
>>> "Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday."
>>>
>>> --- On Fri, 10/17/08, Thomas L. Mowbray <> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Thomas L. Mowbray <>
>>> Subject: Re: [S-I] Whiskey galore
>>> To: ,
>>> Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 5:57 PM
>>>
>>> Greetings from Iowa:
>>>
>>> I haven't posted to the List in a long time, but your whiskey
>>> dialogue has
>>> been fun. Concerning the rye question, let's just realize that you
>>> can
>>> produce alcohol with just about any grain: corn, rye, wheat, rice,
>>> you name
>>> it,
>>> and with most fruits. Cacti and some palm trees are used. Mead is
>>> made from
>>> honey. Wherever you go in this world, somebody is brewing something
>>> to
>>> celebrate
>>> the joys and kill the dull pains of life. I.e. for thousands of
>>> years humans
>>> have used whatever grew in their backyards or whatever they could
>>> grow in
>>> their
>>> backyards to produce alcohol.
>>>
>>> When my son was in Mali, West Africa, with the Peace Corps, his
>>> host village
>>> collected a strong liquor from the fermented sap found in the trunk
>>> of a
>>> certain
>>> palm tree. They were Muslims, and forbidden to make or purchase
>>> alcohol for
>>> consumption, but since the palm tree did all the work, its product
>>> was
>>> considered a gift from Allah, and was therefore exempt from Muslim
>>> law.
>>>
>>> My Grandmother was a Methodist prohibitionist, but when she had a
>>> cold, she
>>> dug
>>> behind the innocent front row of things in her cupboard to get some
>>> good
>>> Irish
>>> whiskey from the back of the cupboard to blend with some strong
>>> tea, honey,
>>> and
>>> lemon juice. That was her "cough syrup." She made some for me one day
>>> when I had a bad cold. I was a little kid. She gave me just one
>>> spoonful of
>>> it,
>>> and put the rest in a little bottle for me to take home. I sipped
>>> it all
>>> day,
>>> and the results were, well, staggering.
>>>
>>> So, I hope that this is Scotch-Irish enough, but I better mention
>>> Scotch or
>>> I
>>> might still be off-topic. I prefer a fine Irish Whiskey to even a
>>> fine
>>> Scotch
>>> Whiskey, even though both are divine, but, for the holidays, I make
>>> sure I
>>> have
>>> both behind my bar. This is truly one of the joys of being Scotch-
>>> Irish.
>>>
>>> Walls for the wind,
>>> A roof for the rain,
>>> And drinks beside the fire -
>>> Laughter to cheer you
>>> With those you love near you
>>> And all that your heart may desire!
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
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>>> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 12:21 PM
>>> Subject: [S-I] Whiskey galore
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