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To: wardaddy

Legend has it the bloodied hand represents the dismembered hand of the captain that laid claim to the land discovered (or commandeered.)

If from Ireland, your 1720s heritage definitely precedes the U.K. bondage.

79 posted on 02/09/2018 12:09:22 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)

To: Gene Eric; Pelham

Not that I’m vying for Irish victimhood but English atrocities in Ireland started way way way before 1720

Didn’t you see Disneys The Fighting Prince of Donegal?

As southerners we claim Ulster Irish given were prods but given my maternal surname Sullivan odds are we were Catholics at some point there

I think Henry II was first Brit overlord even if partial of Ireland

101 posted on 02/09/2018 6:37:27 AM PST by wardaddy (As a southerner I've never trusted the Grand Old Party.....any questions?)

To: Gene Eric; wardaddy

“If from Ireland, your 1720s heritage definitely precedes the U.K. bondage.”

Not exactly. Cromwell conquered Ireland in the 1650s and seized the property of Catholic Irish Confederates.

105 posted on 02/09/2018 10:39:07 AM PST by Pelham (California, a subsidiary of Mexico, Inc.)

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