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Post by bunnypanda on Nov 8, 2004 17:45:04 GMT -5
BP, I'm surprised if Owen thinks the four-leafed clover is a shamrock, he must have been conned when he got it done. LOL. Oh I hope he wasn't conned. LOL. Maybe he did not say it was a shamrock. I just remember reading on the IMDb board someone posting that she had read in a tattoo magazine Owen saying it was a shamrock. But the post has dissapeared now because it is too old and I cannot ask the poster what was actually written on the magazine. Owen definitely feels an affinity with Ireland, ViS!!! And he is very interested in Irish girls (I do love that article from the "GLAMOUR" magazine). You are lucky ;D
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Post by lotus on Nov 8, 2004 19:49:59 GMT -5
What is the difference between a shamrock and a clover? I'm just interested.
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Post by venusinscorpio on Nov 9, 2004 13:42:53 GMT -5
As far as I know there very definitely is a shamrock that is Irelands National emblem. It has three leaves and it is quite small. It can't be mixed up with clover!
Yeah, Wilson is a Scottish name, Maybe Owen's family came over to Northern Ireland from Scotland and down to Dublin.
It doesn't really mean anything if his name isn't Irish, his family could still have been here for centuries. My surname is not Irish, but Welsh, although my family have been here since the 1400's.
But then who knows how long his family have been in the USA?
BP, he likes you LOL (and you met him, you lucky girl!)
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Post by bunnypanda on Nov 9, 2004 13:55:04 GMT -5
BP, he likes you LOL (and you met him, you lucky girl!) Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Oh I hope he likes me ;D ;D ;D And I am definitely definitely a lucky lucky girl!!!
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Post by lotus on Nov 9, 2004 18:00:54 GMT -5
You are all reminding me of my genealogy! I still have to put thousands of names in but I fear doing so. My fingers may wear out typing the names in! ;D I already have over 4,000 names
Part of my family came from Londonderry (Derry) and some came from Cork. I have Swedish blood in my also?? This is getting confusing.
Now there was the potato famine! The Irish moved into Scotland! Two countries that are darn hard to trace people (thanks Irish and Scottish ancestors!)
My grandfather was Welsh and my grandmother came from Portsmouth, England. The Irish moved from Cork to Portsmouth! The Scottish moved from Scotland to Wales. They possibly came from Ireland *pulls hair out slowly*
(Wales emblem is the Leek)
Now just to confuse we genealogists - the people born in Portsmouth married people from Oxfordshire *groan* then Mr. Quarterman married Sarah (the mother) had a child by her. Like an actor (who won't be named), he then married Sarah's daughter who was also called Sarah! Argh! My head is spinning!
To really confuse the issue, the people from Ireland married the people in Portsmouth. Now they had the Scottish blood in them as well as Irish. Some moved from Wales after they moved from Scotland and then they moved there. All I have to say is I THINK THEY ALL CAME FROM IRELAND!! They have given me quite a headache! This post is Irish! ;D
To annoy the whole of my family tree, someone moved out here. Make that a number of family members! They then stayed in Australia or moved to America and Canada. Sheesh! Didn't they ever stay still back then? Did I mention that the Oxford people had come from France?
Doing genealogy is like giving an Irishman bagpipes. You don't know what to do with them. (Just to annoy me everyone had heaps of children that all went to different countries) . One lot came from Slovenia!!!! How?
No wonder I have taken a break from working out my family. They are all nuts that fell of an Irish tree! (No offense to the Irish)
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Post by venusinscorpio on Nov 10, 2004 14:05:20 GMT -5
Well, Fergie, Dublin is as dirty as ever , actually it's been cleaned up a lot in the last year. I just can't agree though that a shamrock has anything but three leaves. Sorry but anything else is not a shamrock. (Not as the general Irish public know it.) Lotus, your family tree is extremely complicated LOL. ( Just to lighten things up I bought a prepackaged carton of melon slices this afternoon and guess where they came from-"Wilson Country"!!!)
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Post by lotus on Nov 10, 2004 17:30:16 GMT -5
Argh! You can say that again...............oh Fergie you did say it again. My family tree is complicated. Wait until I finally get through to Irish side. Scotland is difficult also. Have you been to Glasgow, Scotland? It had grafitti everywhere when I was there. Messy place.
I never got to see Ireland but I wish that I had. It sounds like a lovely place to be.
Wilson country? Where is that or am I being stupid and it is in Texas??? Juicy and sweet! I like that Fergie!
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Post by lotus on Nov 10, 2004 18:51:58 GMT -5
An Irish emoticon sounds great. I would love to see one up there.
Talking about Guiness drinks make me think that I still have to look up the McGuiness family in Londonderry (Derry). It costs so much money to do all this genealogy of mine *sigh* Think of all the different spellings they have for names! Why couldn't they spell back then? I know, some people were illiterate..............*sigh again*
*dashes to get a 5 minute shower* ;D
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Post by lotus on Nov 18, 2004 19:14:28 GMT -5
*shakes Fergie*
Calm down lass! I can imagine Luke in a kilt too! Wow! I have been to Scotland and one thing I learned is that they don't wear anything under those kilts of theirs!
Now that would solve Luke's Crotch Thread questions and put a big smile on everyone's face *teases*
I will try and cheer you up and search the world for a Luke picture but I don't promise anything. You seem to have to join everything these days and pay money for it.
*swoons and heavy breathes along with Fergie* (You have me getting like you now)
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Post by lotus on Nov 18, 2004 19:33:27 GMT -5
Goodnight Fergie! Sweet dreams!
Now I now why it is mostly light in Scotland. You need it that way to look at people wearing kilts. ahem...........................replace one word and you might get my drift.................
I'll soon be known for putting threads in the gutter! Oh well! ;D
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Post by lotus on Nov 22, 2004 19:34:47 GMT -5
Yeah. I will take the picture of Luke..
Good grief! I am supposed to be liking Owen better! Stop corrupting me Fergie....................
I can imagine a picture of Luke in a kilt and you checking him out to see if he is wearing a regulation kilt or not. "Stand like this Luke! *pulls up kilt* Has anyone ever pulled your 'dress' up before? Now you know how girls feels when a guy does it to them!" *Fergie takes snap shots for the Crotch Thread* *Luke turns around* "Has anyone ever saluted you after you order them to STAND UP? Now how do you feel after I have saluted you?" *Fergie's jaw falls to the ground and she faints*
Quit pretending to faint Fergie! I know what you are up to! You have that big smile on your face again! Turn you camera off girl! It is still taking photos........................
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Post by Nana on Nov 23, 2004 9:50:54 GMT -5
Quit pretending to faint Fergie! I know what you are up to! You have that big smile on your face again! Turn you camera off girl! It is still taking photos........................
So Fergie has learnt something with " 'em dairn bairts " from Halloween... Good 4U Fergie!
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Post by lotus on Nov 23, 2004 20:31:55 GMT -5
NanaBee, That was so funny. Yeah! Fergie has learned something with those darn barts! I love the Texan accent! "Luke! Therm thair barts herve calm beck agin! Querk, gev mi thart bart agin! Perherps yo wad lark ta het therm agin"
*two barts, I mean bats, fly quickly away from Luke and Owen* Darn it! What the hell did they say? I just saw Luke with that bat (that hits a ball) and decided to fly away! WHAM! *2 dazed bats lie on the floor* Pretending to be a Texan bat Lotus says: "Dern et oll! Luke het oos agin! Proternd ta bar de-ard, thern way carn loke erp therm terwels ove thairs again. Whert a gode sert wa herv orv thair *censored*. Noh wernder way smerl a lert! *bats pretend to by severely injured or dead while they keep laughing and taking photos, good enough for both crotch threads*
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Post by ozarka on Nov 30, 2004 19:37:07 GMT -5
Hey Fergie, I read this on your link: Some peculiar marriage-related superstitions have attached themselves to Saint Andrew's feast day:
An old German tradition says that single women who wish to marry should ask for Saint Andrew's help on the Eve of his feast, then sleep naked that night; they will see their future husbands in their dreams. Another says that young women should note the location of barking dogs on Saint Andrew's Eve: their future husbands will come from that direction.
On the day after Andrew's feast, young people float cups in a tub; if a boy's and a girl's cup drift together and are intercepted by a cup inscribed "priest" it indicates marriage.This sounds fun...do any of these really work?
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Post by lotus on Dec 1, 2004 19:06:06 GMT -5
I would prefer to put Owen and Luke in the tub with me. ;D
That is an interesting thing to happen on St. Andrew's Day. Perhaps Australia should take on some of overseas traditions. We sound boring compared to you. The best we can do is St. Valentine's Day.
Your celebrations are far more interesting. ;D
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