Something I didn't want to know.....

The History and Geography of Auld Scotia

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Dennis
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Something I didn't want to know.....

Post by Dennis » Sun Aug 13, 2006 5:46 pm

Hi:)

Was just reading on the net about the Bean family and their preference for cannibalism. Hopefully they had no descendants.


dennis
Names of interest: Lennox McKenna Airth Skirving Veitch Laird Drysdale Bennett Colledge Baird Blades Barker Dow Mitchell Perkins Rielly Stewart Tulloch Wright Ure, Ritch Richardson, Whyte
Places of Interest: Dunbarney, Forfar, East London (S.Africa)

Russell
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Location: Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire

Post by Russell » Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:12 pm

Hi Dennis

there was something ominous about your post :?: :!:

Right next to it on my list of unread posts was 'Let's do lunch' :shock:

I hope there's no link.

Russell
Working on: Oman, Brock, Miller/Millar, in Caithness.
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny

DavidWW
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Post by DavidWW » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:26 pm

Fear not :!: :!:

See http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/lege ... _bean.html and,
particularly, http://www.ayrshirehistory.org.uk/sawney/myth.htm .

Robin Urquhart is a noted Ayrshire archivist.

David

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Ted
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Location: Galashiels, Scottish Borders

Post by Ted » Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:04 pm

Russell

Thanks for your humour on this thread - I almost died laughing when I read your post - almost woke up the whole neighbourhood.

Cheers

Ted
Looking for Allan / Gordon / Troup / McInnes / Grant / Taylor / Jackson from Aberdeen (city & shire) & Banffshire
Alexander / Allan / Stewart in W Lothian
Allan / Burnett in USA and Canada / Davidson & Philp in Fife and Lanarkshire