It is amazing how many different twists, turns, theories, etc. have been found throughout all our searching, isn't it? Sharon > [Original Message] > From: <Dknova@aol.com> > To: <KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 8/20/00 9:22:27 PM > Subject: Re: Kill & Gore R/E Vickie and cousins > > Vickie; > > Thank you for the language lesson. Where on earth did you find all of those? > The story I heard years ago was actually Kill and Gone. One of the Kilgores > in Scotland (have the name in one of the piles of paper) was so fast and so > gory in beheading enemies, the queen sent him to Ireland. When in Ireland he > took up the Irish cause and was still fighting and disappearing very fast. > The Irish were the ones that gave him the name of Kill and Gone due to his > expertise. I am sure every branch of the Kilgores have heard their own > version of this saying. > > Donna > > > ==== KILGORE Mailing List ==== > Our Kilgore List archives may be searched at > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > --- Sharon Kilgore --- jskilgore@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.