Liam - my boys and I have been several times to MA. (Though last year we were in the East - at Salem). We love the state. Ye Olde Ancestors came from MA (by way of England with the Puritans). In fact, it was only with my grandmothers that the last of the relations left (though we had long since stopped being Puritans...)

DougR - what do you mean not pass on information that's not verified? Where would be the fun in that? If that were the case no one would ever know that David Rizzo (stabbed by Darnley & henchmen in front of Mary Queen of Scots) *might* have written the tune for Lass of Pattie's Mill? And the rumor that Henry VIII wrote Greensleeves for Anne Boleyn would have been squelched (or verified) long ago... No, I realize it's hardly academic practice but I like to put every rumor I can find about folksongs on my pages!

Well Art - It appears I have misquoted you. However, I will still give you credit for the statement (it's not too far from the other) - thereby perpetuating an inaccurate, unverifiable statement... I am so proud to be part of the oral tradtion!