Researchers find genetic signature of ancient MacDougall bloodline

Phys.org ^ | Monday, September 21, 2020 | University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

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[Red Badger]

Billions and billions served..................

[Sawdring]

Jim McDougal

[SunkenCiv]

Pottery, animal bones, seeds, nuts, and more tell a tale of what everyday life was like in medieval times in a monastic settlement in Ireland... dating back to the 13th century at the Beamore dig, in East Month, just outside Drogheda. Among the rare finds was evidence that the Cistercian monastery included a sourdough bread bakery and a communal toilet along with its own air-freshening pot... sourdough bakery... the home of a unique Cistercian community, from Normandy in France... A previous dig at the site had unearthed 13th-century French jugs, roof tiles, a corn drying kiln, and dried peas. This proved that the residents practiced crop rotation... During this year's dig, which ended in August, experts unearthed a medieval key, bones from cows, sheep, cats, and dogs along with mixed farm products such as peas, beans, oats, wheat, and rye. Imported fruits such as grapes and figs from France also showed that the monks practiced mixed farming. A timber dash-urn with a paddle used to churn butter, also proved that these monastic farmers were self-sufficient.

Medieval monastery treasures found on Meath dig | IrishCentral Staff | September 22, 2020

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[mass55th]

I’ve got some MacDonald’s and one MacDougall in my tree. None connected to the Isle of Man though.

[Salamander]

And I’m just sitting here with Bates and Booths in the woodpile.

/potentially scary ‘mander

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

included a sourdough bread bakery and a communal toilet along with its own air-freshening pot

That sentence could have been constructed better.

Yes, I know you did not write it.

But in writing, as in real life, it is best to keep the kitchen away from the jakes.

[Larry Lucido]

Where did the McDowells come from? They made great food!

[treetopsandroofs]

As the breeding program nears its conclusion, humans are selected as the best choice; at the same time, the breeding programs of the other three planets are terminated, and their penultimates never meet their planned mates. Kimball Kinnison meets and marries the product of the complementary human breeding program, Clarissa MacDougall. She is a beautiful, curvaceous, red-haired nurse, who eventually becomes the first human female to receive her own Lens. Their children, a boy and two pairs of fraternal twin sisters, grow up to be the five Children of the Lens. In their breeding, “almost every strain of weakness in humanity is finally removed.”

[SunkenCiv]

Maybe, but, they were French.

[LIConFem]

I’m not sure who my ancestors were. But I’m pretty certain they were eventually paroled.

[BenLurkin]

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Well, there it is kind of expected I reckon.

[proud American in Canada]

And the ancient Rodham and Clinton bloodlines?

What about those precious lines? They both certainly involve a lot of blood.

[SunkenCiv]

Pardon the musical interlude, I just needed to clean out muh pipes.

Dick Gaughan - Bonnie Jeannie o'Bethelnie

• Scientist Discover Most Fertile Irish Male [01/17/2006]

[SunkenCiv]

;^)

[Kommodor]

I know that’s Doc Smith, but I suspect that somehow, Heinlein would have approved... :P

[Bethaneidh]

Hahahahahaha. It is neither necessary nor suitable to love all one’s relations. ;-)

[SunkenCiv]

Back when, I think I dated each of those four twins.