In a message dated 29/08/00 6:57:57 AM Central Daylight Time, aenone@globalfreeway.com.au writes: << As I understand it, "second sight" is primarily a Celtic trait or inheritance. It is a strange thing about people with Celtic blood - even if one is born sixth or seventh generation Australian (or wherever,other than Scotland, Ireland,etc), there is a strange, unexplainable pull there to things Celtic. The mere sound of the pipes, and the photos of the Isles.....indeed "the blood is strong"! AEnone McRae-Clift in Tasmania (who has never been to the British Isles......yet!) >> You know one of the greatest joys of my life is when I meet someone at a festival or fair, etc., and they look at me, sort of push back their Stetson hat and ask. "Yeah y'all, ma names James Donald, is thar any Scottish connection thar?" We begin to tell them about Clan Donald etc. You can see the face light up with a minor interest. The next year they are there to tell us what they learned, or they have been using our web pages or emails etc. Now I know why Mrs. MacKenzie battered me with that dam belt to learn ma history. Dave M