To: Scotsman will be Free; Pompah; RobertP; Born Conservative; DGray; madison10; Beowulf9; RMDupree; ...
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Macleod's have professed this for generations. Highlanders are ALL at least part Norse.
10 posted on
04/26/2005 11:36:53 AM PDT by
MacDorcha
(Where Rush dares not tread, there are the Freepers!)
To: MacDorcha
Exactly. This is a big "DUH" - we've all known this for years. (My mom is a MacDonald.)
And "Somerled" is clearly a Norse name on its face, anyhow. Summer wanderer, or something like that.
12 posted on
04/26/2005 11:54:10 AM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: MacDorcha
And most people don't realize that the Irish and Danes were fierce "Vikings" in their own right.
["Scot" is Irish for "raider"]
My mom is hulking great Danish Valkyrie and my Dad is a 6 foot Ulsterman.
Alas, I am a genetic throwback to my paternal grandmother's Welsh roots, body-wise.....:)
The fiery runt of the litter,
SalHilda
34 posted on
04/26/2005 5:49:48 PM PDT by
Salamander
(Hee hee hee, indeed)
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