Hi again Whilst the Irish had their own added reasons for not wanting to comply with the governments wishes its a widespread feeling across all Countries There was a deeply held mistrust of authority, its much the same today At a local level people did not want the neighbours to know, and higher they were worried the government would use the data for some nefarious means, so its little wonder we find so many discrepancies On the whole people gave the truth or somewhere near it, so our problem is working out who told porkies and who didn't And yes the two finger salute is not dissimilar to a middle finger, we have both :-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 26/08/2012 19:30, pjsalis@hal-pc.org wrote: > > Very interesting, Nivard. > > I've wondered how much passive resistance went on in Ireland, especially > under the Empire, and I get the distinct feeling some of my people > continued the practice over here in the US when it came to officialdom. > That's part of why I'm thinking about the apparent massaged truth I find > in some of their records. I suspect I'd act the same way, given their > experiences. I have nothing but admiration for their courage, their > perseverance, and their making the best of things. > > What's a two-finger salute? Is it the same as our middle-finger salute? > > PJ

This might explain why some of my ancestors in the USA are in every census and others never show up in a census or don't show up until they marry. I found myself wondering if certain family members just never answered the door. > Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:43:36 +0100 > From: ovington1@sky.com > To: irl-dublin@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] 1901 and 1911 Irish census question > > Hi again > > Whilst the Irish had their own added reasons for not wanting to comply > with the governments wishes its a widespread feeling across all Countries > > There was a deeply held mistrust of authority, its much the same today > > At a local level people did not want the neighbours to know, and higher > they were worried the government would use the data for some nefarious > means, so its little wonder we find so many discrepancies > > On the whole people gave the truth or somewhere near it, so our problem > is working out who told porkies and who didn't > > And yes the two finger salute is not dissimilar to a middle finger, we > have both :-) > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 26/08/2012 19:30, pjsalis@hal-pc.org wrote: > > > > Very interesting, Nivard. > > > > I've wondered how much passive resistance went on in Ireland, especially > > under the Empire, and I get the distinct feeling some of my people > > continued the practice over here in the US when it came to officialdom. > > That's part of why I'm thinking about the apparent massaged truth I find > > in some of their records. I suspect I'd act the same way, given their > > experiences. I have nothing but admiration for their courage, their > > perseverance, and their making the best of things. > > > > What's a two-finger salute? Is it the same as our middle-finger salute? > > > > PJ > ****************************** > Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in County Dublin, Ireland and the City of Dublin. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message