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To: Ancesthntr

“He is just going to roast whomever goes against him on a spit.”

The Kennedys were infamous for doing that. They actually roasted a catholic leader over a fire on a spit to get them to turn over their lands to them.

As far as the McLeods, I spelled it wrong..grrr, there was/is two branches of the Clan, sons, one the Isle of Lewis and one, of Harris and part of Skye. I got the book of Scottish Clans and could look it up, but. Anyway, they are originally Norse. The name said to be from the norse word meaning ugly. Leod was supposed to be the son of Olaf the Black.
As far as I understand the motto for both branches is HOLD FAST.
Like most Highland Clans, they got into it with their neighbors, the McDonalds, and ended up on the wrong end of the stick. Funny, the head of the veterans administration is who? NAW, old grudges die dont they?


46 posted on 05/31/2016 10:51:36 AM PDT by crz
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To: crz

Thanks for the information...though I think that you missed my reference to Highlander - “There can be only one” refers to 1 survivor of the immortals that were the main characters of that show. 2 branches of the clan - part of the same joke...though there were/are 2 branches, according to you. Again, thanks.

I’d be interested in seeing some source material for that stuff about the Kennedy clan. Its a bit over the top, but then again, lots of folks in olden times in the old country were what we’d call “over the top.”


52 posted on 05/31/2016 11:28:16 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: crz

McDonald’s. LOL No grudges DO NOT ever die. Scots are the best grudge holders on the planet, until the Euroweenies arrived.


78 posted on 06/01/2016 6:57:27 AM PDT by madison10 (#NeverHillary)
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