I'm the original source (though not the fellow who started this thread yesterday) of one line "Ten Thousand Micks picked up their sticks at the Battle of Boyne Water". Here's what little I know. When I was a little kid, my father told me that one of our ancestors had fought at the "Battle of Boyne Water". My father had no clue of the religous or political significance of the Battle of the Boyne. It was merely a story he had learned from his father. In addition to this, he even sang the one line, "Ten thousand Micks picked up their sticks at the Battle of Boyne Water".