[gardengirl]

The same things that make us such good warriors are the same reasons we left the old countries. I say “we” in the general sense. Southerners, and particularly those from NC, are independent and loyal to a fault. There is a large population of Scottish? descendents close by-you can spot them a mile away. Huge men, barrel chested, reddish gold hair. Loud, opinionated, mistrustful of the law in any form -men who live by their own code-good men-men (and women)who can cook like nobody’s business, would give you anything they possessed if you truly needed it but would fight to the death if you tried to take it. That is the embodiment of the South to me. Men who still carry names like William, Wallace, even plenty of William Wallaces still floating around!

[Islander7]

"....Huge men, barrel chested, reddish gold hair. Loud, opinionated, mistrustful of the law in any form -men who live by their own code-good men-men...

Have we met? LOL...I have had those same complaints lodged against me my whole life.

My family came to the timber lands of Mississippi from the Abbyville district of NC in the 1830s by way of Maryland and before that New Hampshire. My 5th Great Grand Father was a business associate of George Washington. I'm Scotch-Irish with heavy dose of Welsh blood. Tall, formerly blond, with a bright red beard. LOL