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Thread #151520   Message #3554930
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
01-Sep-13 - 03:45 AM
Thread Name: Folklore/History: Irish Famine
Subject: RE: Folklore/History: Irish Famine
Gutcher, to make amends for any unintended sleight, I would like to reproduce in full your whole contributions to the discussion of the famine, its causes and its consequences.

"Read "The Diary Of A Highland Lady In Ireland" by a Mrs Smith nee Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus for an interesting view by an outsider of the landowners side of the story which contains first hand details of the problems faced by small estate owners who, lets face it, were more concerned for their own survival and place in society.
E.G. having been brought up in a paternal highland society in Scotland at least tried to alleviate the problems of the poor within the constrictions mentioned."

I am also deeply sorry that I thought this was just a piss take, and not a serious expression of Scots dialect.
"A'buddies oot o step but oor Jock!"