Hi Bruce, and thanks for the correction. I had intended to send that directly to Malcolm, but see by checking back now that it went back to the list. My reply wasn't worded very well, and the intent certainly was not to ruffle any feathers with the ethnic vs religious comment. Edd Sinnett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce K McGill" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] {SCTCDN] Re: Scottish Clearances > Excuse me, but the term is "The Highland Clearances", not "Scottish > Clearances". And it was ethnic, not religious. Those affected were the > Highlanders of both Scotland and Ireland, as opposed to the Lowlanders of > either place. > > Aside from all that, however, it was the Clan Chieftains who were doing the > clearing. It was purely economic. The farms were no longer profitable. Sheep > were very profitable, but they didn't need a lot of people to tend them. > > The heads of the clans had long ago been given hereditary titles, and had > moved off the land. The peasants were loyal to the clan, the chiefs didn't > even know who the peasants were. > > Bruce > > > > From: "Edbld" <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 12:40:28 -0400 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] {SCTCDN] Re: Scottish Clearances > > Resent-From: [email protected] > > Resent-Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 10:47:16 -0600 > > > > Hi Malcolm: > > I agree with you, as that comment bothered me also. > > I felt that the individual that posted that e-mail was implying that the > > "ethnic" was of the RC's being expelled from the land, and not the lower > > class farmers etc. > > Let's face it Scotland was basically a Catholic country originally as was > > England. > > Edd Sinnett > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe: [email protected] inserting the word unsubscribe in both the subject line and the text area and using a fresh email to do it. Use -D- if you are in Digest mode. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

ATTENTION: Edbld <[email protected]> Hi Edd, Now it is "ruffling feathers" is it....be careful Edd, my cousin is married to a guy by the name of BIRD! :o) Have a nice day, I am going out to feed the pigeons! Bob in Toronto ----- Original Message ----- From: Edbld <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] {SCTCDN] Re: Scottish Clearances > Hi Bruce, and thanks for the correction. I had intended to send that > directly to Malcolm, but see by checking back now that it went back to the > list. > My reply wasn't worded very well, and the intent certainly was not to ruffle > any feathers with the ethnic vs religious comment. > > Edd Sinnett