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From: "Cliff. Johnston" <>
Subject: Re: [S-I] Black-Irish
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:10:10 -0500
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Yes, well, the history of the "Christian Brothers, Sisters & Fathers has
taken some "royal" bashes around the world ;-(

Cliff. Johnston
"May the best you've ever seen,
Be the worst you'll ever see;"
from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Cliff. Johnston" <>
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>>Aye, you can trust an Irishman/woman about Irish history, but you have to
>>check all sources on Scots history as too many modern Scots have been fed
>>a
>>drivel of English-slanted history for far too long... ;-)
>
> Amen!!
>
> If you dig below the surface apparently the version of Irish history
> taught by the Christian Brothers is not too well respected either. Of
> course the cherry tree story (George Washington) apparently never happened
> either. You go to college to unlearn everything they taught you wrong in
> school....doesn't seem sensible to me.
>
> Linda Merle
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