I have been watching the for and against arguments developing on this site and it makes me a bit sad. I can understand that recipes etc should be kept private and off the list but to my mind traditions are another thing altogether. When some of my ancestors left these shores to go to the US and other places around the world, the places they went to and the communities they founded were based on the traditions they knew. I find it inexplicable that someone should try to sort out their Scots-Irish heritage without attempting to understand the history and tradition which their ancestors brought with them. Obviously the intolerance of some of those left behind was also carried to the new world. Be patient folks, if a little discussion is not to your liking read the subject line and use the delete key. This list is great, Linda does a great job and does step in when someone oversteps the mark. Let us all calm down and practice a degree of tolerance and we might all learn a lot more than we know now! Ella, in a very cold, windy Belfast, Northern Ireland Ella Patterson Cataloguing Department Resources Management Division Information Services Main Library The Queen's University of Belfast University Road Belfast BT7 1LS Telephone : + 44 (0) 28 9097 3639 Fax : +44 (0) 28 9097 3340 Email : e.patterson@qub.ac.uk Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C5F0FB.5360FD90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"City"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"place"/> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} @page Section1 {size:595.3pt 841.9pt; margin:72.0pt 19.85pt 72.0pt 19.85pt;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=3DEN-GB link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I have been watching the for and against arguments = developing on this site and it makes me a bit sad. I can understand that recipes = etc should be kept private and off the list but to my mind traditions are = another thing altogether. When some of my ancestors left these shores to go to = the <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> = and other places around the world, the places they went to and the communities = they founded were based on the traditions they knew. I find it inexplicable = that someone should try to sort out their Scots-Irish heritage without = attempting to understand the history and tradition which their ancestors brought with = them. Obviously the intolerance of some of those left behind was also carried to the new = world. Be patient folks, if a little discussion is not to your liking read the = subject line and use the delete key. This list is great, Linda does a great job = and does step in when someone oversteps the mark. Let us all calm down and = practice a degree of tolerance and we might all learn a lot more than we know = now!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Ella, in a very cold, windy Belfast, Northern = Ireland<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ella Patterson<br> Cataloguing Department<br> Resources Management Division<br> Information Services<br> Main Library<br> The Queen's <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType = w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Belfast</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><br> University Road<br> <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place = w:st=3D"on">Belfast</st1:place></st1:City><br> BT7 1LS &= nbsp; &n= bsp; &nb= sp; &nbs= p;  = ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; &nb= sp; &nbs= p;  = ; = </span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Telephone : + 44 (0) 28 9097 3639<br> Fax : +44 = (0) 28 9097 3340<br> Email : <a href=3D"mailto:e.patterson@qub.ac.uk">e.patterson@qub.ac.uk</a><br> <br> Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the = moments that take our breath away</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p= > <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C5F0FB.5360FD90--