--part1_d9.418adfb.26501e19_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 14-May-00 3:42:27 PM GMT Daylight Time, Leela826@aol.com writes: << "Green Grow the Lilacs" -- thus, Americans are called "Gringos" !! >> I have learned some of the most interesting things from this list!! I was thinking that here in Ireland we have the gorse bushes in bloom right now and if I were home in GA the smell of honeysuckle would be hanging in the air. I have never smelled lilacs before so I guess I will have to get up there next May. Charmaine Riley Holley arkivemom@aol.com "May you ask the right question of the right person at the right time. " rootsweb sponsor --part1_d9.418adfb.26501e19_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <PABRADFO-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (rly-zb04.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.4]) by air-zb04.mail.aol.com (v73.12) with ESMTP; Sun, 14 May 2000 10:42:27 -0400 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (v71.10) with ESMTP; Sun, 14 May 2000 10:42:03 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA29929; Sun, 14 May 2000 07:41:12 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 07:41:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: Leela826@aol.com Sun May 14 07:41:10 2000 From: Leela826@aol.com Message-ID: <e3.45f809b.265014d9@aol.com> Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 10:40:25 EDT Old-To: PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 105 Subject: [PABRADFO] A lilac story Resent-Message-ID: <MM-AMC.A.ZTH.HsrH5@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/9233 X-Loop: PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: PABRADFO-L-request@rootsweb.com The story goes.....When Americans were imprisoned in Mexican, they sang loudly as one chorus to keep up their spirits. There was a popular ballad at the time that they sang over and over which drove the Mexicans crazy, it was "Green Grow the Lilacs" -- thus, Americans are called "Gringos" !! Lee J., from Phx, AZ and I miss the lilacs something fierce after over 40 years! --part1_d9.418adfb.26501e19_boundary--