tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post7859284619256752990..comments2024-03-27T17:58:48.323-07:00Comments on Strange Company: Book Clipping of the DayUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-6429137949269036152016-02-25T15:11:44.708-08:002016-02-25T15:11:44.708-08:00They sound like my kind of people. I've proba...They sound like my kind of people. I've probably run into an odd (in every sense of the word) MacGregor here and there in my reading, but I'm unfamiliar with the entire clan history. I'll look into that, thanks for the tip!Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-40185370369952562872016-02-25T10:54:49.671-08:002016-02-25T10:54:49.671-08:00I may have mentioned this, but if you are able, ch...I may have mentioned this, but if you are able, check out the history of the MacGregors - though you may know it already. I read of them in Burke's Peerage (it's one of my favourite books, snob that I am.) The clan's early days feature entry after entry with the words 'hanged', 'murdered', 'killed', 'executed'. They were so bad that they were outlawed, the men were to be killed on sight, the women branded on the face; their very name was proscribed. They were disliked somewhat. The good ol' days...John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-32602062594645693242016-02-24T19:55:52.353-08:002016-02-24T19:55:52.353-08:00Now THAT is world-class ranting.Now THAT is world-class ranting.busterggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02146221182670363053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-17178207961058736442016-02-24T14:17:33.333-08:002016-02-24T14:17:33.333-08:00You mentioned "Steel Bonnets" in a comme...You mentioned "Steel Bonnets" in a comment a few weeks ago. That was what reminded me of the Archbishop and his inimitable way with words!Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-28692068573229818122016-02-24T08:31:18.774-08:002016-02-24T08:31:18.774-08:00I have that book, too, and always marvel at how th...I have that book, too, and always marvel at how the Borders in the old days make the American Wild West look pretty tame. And I would quake at the archbishop's 'monition' myself. They knew how to curse in those days.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.com