- Alisoneen, <ginsoakedboy>, 14.05.2005 16:59
- Thanks GSB, <Alli>, 14.05.2005 19:56
| Subject | | Alisoneen |
| Sender | ginsoakedboy |
| Created | 14.05.2005 16:59 |
Alisoneen is just fine, but I'll probably stick to Alli :-)
If your Dad tells you the stories are true, then they
are true, that's my policy anyway, and one I stick with
when telling my lads a few slightly stretched tales.
It's not so bad now for mixed(Catholic/Protestant)
marriages, but still a bit rough in some parts of the
North. I'm the product of one myself, father's side
Catholic, mother Protestant -although her mother
converted to Rome whenabout sixty . Some of here
children are C of E, RC, C of Scot, and not baptised at
all after my Grandfather (died in late 70's) had a row
with a the clergy . He beleived in God, but was very
cross with him for all the bad things in the world.
Mother's side are all British, father's Irish.
It's much more complicated than it seems, really :-)
So no wonder I have graduated to being an atheist,
although I have been known to speak to God after a dose
of poteen.
Anyway, I enjoyed your stories, especially the one
about the gun in the bed.
Anyone who missed it here it is again------
"Well, apparently my grandfather used to smuggle poteen
from South to North way back when...
Also, when he married my grandmother (lovely lovely
lady - a nurse) the story goes that she was from a
Catholic family and he was Protestant.. or the other
way around. On their wedding night they slept with a
gun because her brothers had threatened to kill my
Grandad! That was the reason for them moving over here
when my Dad was about 7. That and for work.
My Grandad went on to be the Union rep in a big factory
in Kent (my father was marketing manager there) and
turned up one day on my mother's doorstep sobbing his
heart out. He was drunk and he had spent all the union
dues on beer in the pub and was beside himself. Mum
says she almost keeled over from the fumes.
The only part of these stories I KNOW is true is the
last part. We have a great laugh about it now. He was
a happy drunk really although rather irresponsible and
probably has a lot to do with the reputation the Irish
have in this country!
My Great-Grandmother (mother of my grandmother) was in
fact the captain of some quite well known ladies Irish
cricket team or something.
Do you think my dad has been spinning me a yarn all
these years?"
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