Born Scot or Not ?.....

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grannysrock
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Born Scot or Not ?.....

Post by grannysrock » Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:51 pm

Hellooo

In the words of the great Jane Thingummybob ( her name has gone -can someone remember ? - she wore hankie dresses)

Born Scot or Not ?

http://www.tartanday.gov.uk/scot-or-not.html

I got 18/20 but 1 of the 2 I got wrong really worries me........

Sally
Newhaven-DRYBURGH,NICOLL,HUNTER(+Alloa) ; Lesmahagow-MITCHELL,LAMB, BARR, BROWN,CALLAN; Comrie-MCDOUGALL, MCEWEN, MCLAREN, BRYSON; BEW - PRINGLE, FISHER,SPENCE;Edzell-MIDDLETON,DORWARD;
Edin.-JOHNSTON, MONTGOMERY;Fife-SIME, FORRESTER, WANLESS
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LesleyB
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Post by LesleyB » Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:59 pm

Hi Sally
I did a search on Scotlands People for Jane, surname as mentioned and there seem to be no Thingummybobs in Scotland at all. Can you give me more info please? Unfortunately the search criteria on the site is a bit limited & doesn't allow me to specify mode of dress....
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Best wishes
Lesley

p.s. I think it must be time for me to finish up! Score 17/20.
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pinkshoes
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Post by pinkshoes » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:02 pm

Ha! Got 3 wrong, but given I'd never heard of two of them :lol: ... and I'm embarrassed about the other one :oops:

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Bertha
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scot or not

Post by Bertha » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:14 pm

Good quiz
Got 18/20, swithered over one, got the other confused with local personality who has this as a nickname.
Bertha
looking for
Nelson/Neilson,Wood,McDonald,Baillie - East Lothian
McLaren,Ross,Kelly,McEwan,Nicholson,Price/Pryce,Telfer,Robertson, Dickson/Dixon, Gibson,Niven Edinburgh
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grannysrock
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Post by grannysrock » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:16 pm

Lesley

there seem to be no Thingummybobs in Scotland at all
No way José ! I knox from my late granny that I come from a long line of Thingummybobs and their couisns Thingummyjigs - if you cannot find them on SP, then the Parish registrar must have "anglicised" them into something else . Or perhaps they were irregular people?


Pinkshoes , I wonder if we're embarrassed about the same fella? Dare you to say ?

I'm really irked that I cannot remember what that girl's name was. I can't even remember the name of the program - MasterScot, SuperScot, GreatScot something like that ?


Sally
Newhaven-DRYBURGH,NICOLL,HUNTER(+Alloa) ; Lesmahagow-MITCHELL,LAMB, BARR, BROWN,CALLAN; Comrie-MCDOUGALL, MCEWEN, MCLAREN, BRYSON; BEW - PRINGLE, FISHER,SPENCE;Edzell-MIDDLETON,DORWARD;
Edin.-JOHNSTON, MONTGOMERY;Fife-SIME, FORRESTER, WANLESS
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grannysrock
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got it

Post by grannysrock » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:21 pm

Got it

It was Jane Franchi
and the program was indeed SuperScot. I feel better now thankyou.


Sally
Newhaven-DRYBURGH,NICOLL,HUNTER(+Alloa) ; Lesmahagow-MITCHELL,LAMB, BARR, BROWN,CALLAN; Comrie-MCDOUGALL, MCEWEN, MCLAREN, BRYSON; BEW - PRINGLE, FISHER,SPENCE;Edzell-MIDDLETON,DORWARD;
Edin.-JOHNSTON, MONTGOMERY;Fife-SIME, FORRESTER, WANLESS
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LesleyB
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Post by LesleyB » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:23 pm

Sally
I'm told it was Jane Franchi and it was Super Scot.
Best wishes
Lesley

Whoop, you beat me to it! :oops:
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CatrionaL
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Post by CatrionaL » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:24 pm

Was amazed to get 18/20. Must be Springtime in Paris that's having a positive effect on my brain cells.

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pinkshoes
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Post by pinkshoes » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:41 pm

Sally - ah'm no feart! Tony Blair was the guy. I'm sure it's not just old age - I think I'd have remembered if I'd ever known. :oops:

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grannysrock
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Post by grannysrock » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:57 pm

Pinkshoes

Tony Blair too !

I knew he was edumacated at Fettes or the like, but I didn't know he was born in Scotland. Someone in Belgium once told me he was Scottish, but I told them confidently that he wasn't. So I know nothing. (What's new ??? )

Sallu
Newhaven-DRYBURGH,NICOLL,HUNTER(+Alloa) ; Lesmahagow-MITCHELL,LAMB, BARR, BROWN,CALLAN; Comrie-MCDOUGALL, MCEWEN, MCLAREN, BRYSON; BEW - PRINGLE, FISHER,SPENCE;Edzell-MIDDLETON,DORWARD;
Edin.-JOHNSTON, MONTGOMERY;Fife-SIME, FORRESTER, WANLESS
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