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Thread #64952   Message #1354119
Posted By: GUEST,None of the above again
11-Dec-04 - 02:17 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Black Irish: Etymological Consensus?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Black Irish: Etymological Consensus?
Sorry, me again above. Also thought I'd mention the time I was visiting some friends in Donegal, and we were chatting about one red haired child in particular who had been chosen by an Irish American magazine to appear on their cover as the model. It seems they had come looking for the "quintesentially Donegal Irish child" and chosen an cailin rua as their Donegal lass. They all loved the irony of it.

That was the crack, anyway.