posted on January 3, 2005 09:48:11 AM new
Mr. Muggins and I saved up for this trip to England, Scotland,
Ireland and Wales. It was going to be the trip of a lifetime and me being
me, decided I would trace the famed family tree back to our roots in
Scotland. I spent hours and hours in the central library
and actually tracked our heritage to the Simon Fraser clan in the Loch Ness
region of Scotland .
We were ruthless, killing, bastards with bad tempers.
(aren't genetics a wonderful thing?) I also discovered that a
branch of our clan was connected to Scottish royalty at Edinburgh Castle.
Now y'all don't know Mr. Muggins... so let me suffice to say.. We had done the
fookin literary pilgrimage of the century and I had been lead through every
fookin museum and very fookin famous literary site and fookin graveyard
in the British Isles. My only wee request was to visit Fraser castle of our royal heritage near Loch Ness and Edinburgh castle to conjure up the ancient spirits of the **** past.
We arrived at Edinburgh Castle and did the rooms, reading the wall plagues and
historical markers. There it was! On the main wall of one of the rooms. The
ultimate fruit of my labor. An historical marker with the name "(Alabaster)?****"
a picture etched in copper of a large stature man in uniform. I called
Mr. Muggins to come quickly and pointed in awe as we read the inscription
together. Below the picture of this fine nobleman the inscription read:
gentleman Alabaster ****, son of so and so, grand son of so and so, leader of
the troops and blah, blah, blah, from 1659 to 1686.....The very last
paragraph of the **** national monument went on to state that he was drummed
out of the regiment and stoned to death in 1687 for the act of buggery.....
and the rest of the story is ancient history.
Sometimes, it is best not to know....LOL
Maggie
posted on January 3, 2005 10:14:55 AM new
Well, Maggie, as to the last paragraph, seems times haven't changed and some still have the mind set of the 17th century!
But geneology sure beats an endless discussion of acid reflux !!!!!
posted on January 3, 2005 10:33:59 AM new
Damn Maggie! That was a true laugh out loud moment.... scared the hell out of the animals but was worth it. Thanks - I needed that one.
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posted on January 3, 2005 10:37:42 AM new
LOL.. Crow.. I know what you mean! Thanks Fenix.. LOL
With all of the horrendous news lately, I was hoping to bring a little chuckle and smile to the RT.. in the New Year. And to take their mind off of their bile and gas for a few minutes..
Maggie
[ edited by maggiemuggins on Jan 3, 2005 10:38 AM ]
Seems we share the same heritage although I don't think my kin were as murderous. LOL! We are the MacDonalds of Glencoe and the Camerons of Ireland. So far we have the history in Canada, but not much of it from Scotland yet. Actually, my grandfather was 1st generation American. His family are the ones that immigrated here from B.C. Canada. I think only he and two of his sisters were born here. The rest were born in Canada and his great grandparents were born in Scotland.
Hey, no matter what your family did before you, it's still fun to know. Remember that we Scots are decendents of the Vikings and we had to fight to survive. The British were less than kind to us. I guess the fact that our kin wore skirts didn't help much there.
What I find funny about my family is that despite the fact that Camerons slaughtered a great number of MacDonalds during the battle of Glencoe because they sided with the British one relation turns around and marries one of them. That's gratitude for ya.
Cheryl
"Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders."
-Sloan Wilson
posted on January 3, 2005 02:44:02 PM new
I know enough about my relatives that I have know during my lifetime to know my family tree had some really bad fruit. I don't need any history lessons,I can only imagine.
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