My understanding is that the X was introduced centuries ago as a sign of respect, in the same way that conservative Jews don't spell the name of Yahweh as a sign of respect. Anyone know more about this tradition? Nollaig Shona Daoibh / Merry Christmas to All, Gearóid / Jerry ________________________________ From: "pegassi@verizon.net" <pegassi@verizon.net> To: mcjm52@bigpond.com; irl-kerry@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] HAPPY XMAS   X is the unknown. It's a pity to wish it to anyone.   On 12/24/13, Mary Mizzi<mcjm52@bigpond.com> wrote:   TO RAY MARSHALL AND ALL ON THE KERRY LIST ....   WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY XMAS AND MAY THE NEW YEAR BRING SUCCESS IN   FINDING ALL   THOSE LOST RELLIES.   KIND REGARDS,   MARY   in North Queensland Australia where it is starting to get very warm   aand the air conditioner will be working overtime today!   _______________   ---------------   Policies of the IRL-Kerry List:   [1]http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html   To  unsubscribe  from  the  list,  please  send  an  email  to   [2]IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the   quotes in the subject and the body of the message.   To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to   [3]IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the   quotes in the subject and the body of the message.   To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to:   [4]http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/   Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish   genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide   audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at   [5]http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html   -------------------------------   To  unsubscribe  from  the  list,  please  send  an  email  to   [6]IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the   quotes in the subject and the body of the message References   1. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/   2. mailto:IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com   3. mailto:IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com   4. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/   5. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/   6. mailto:IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com _______________ ---------------        Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html                                                To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ Share your stuff!  If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance.  Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message