Not sure if you should read this article Maisie ;-) <http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/people-places/whisky-haggis-and-four-other-things-that-aren-t-actually-scottish-1-3997867> -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Amusing to read about the Irish origins of whisky. Even more amusing then to know that Guinness was first made in LONDON! When something has become an iconic facet of the culture though, the origins don't matter. It's who does it BEST! Kathryn -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington via Sent: Thursday, 14 January 2016 8:20 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: [Lanark] One for Maisie Not sure if you should read this article Maisie ;-) <http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/people-places/whisky-haggis-and-four-other -things-that-aren-t-actually-scottish-1-3997867> -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Quite so Kathryn Going back to the traits of certain peoples, I do have to smile when some espouse the virtues of their particular native people, as all peoples today are made up from other peoples in the great big melting pot of humanity There can be very few if any people that can truly say they are unique to their location, perhaps a few odd tribes in the Amazon but even they are probably a mixture by now if they weren't before Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 14/01/2016 21:54, nautakat wrote: > Amusing to read about the Irish origins of whisky. Even more amusing then > to know that Guinness was first made in LONDON! > When something has become an iconic facet of the culture though, the origins > don't matter. It's who does it BEST! > Kathryn --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus