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[rayzentz AT aim.com]

nope.   Guess not.   Oh, well, another time, perhaps.

Ray


-----Original Message-----
From: rayzentz AT aim.com
To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com; homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 4:49 pm
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Padruig McTavish, was What if OBama


I don't generally wear the greatkilt during the summer..., or most of 
the winter, for that matter... Too freaking hot. I generally wear a 
tunic and braes, belt, dagger, boots, and of course, me greatsword. 
 
When I actually do armored combat, my "fighting persona" is a Teutonic 
Knight, approximate same time period. I will attach a photo of meself, 
escorting my daughter when she recently won a prize. I am the one on 
the right. Left is the man my daughter is page to. I don't recall if 
this list allows attachments, but... 
 
Ray 
 
 
-----Original Message----- 
From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> 
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
Sent: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 4:30 pm 
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Padruig McTavish, was What if OBama 
 
 
Tht was very funny :) ..........bobford 
 
p.s. does your outfit include one of those big wooded mallets for 
boppin' heads? 
 
--- On Wed, 10/8/08, rayzentz AT aim.com <rayzentz AT aim.com> wrote: 
 
> From: rayzentz AT aim.com <rayzentz AT aim.com> 
> Subject: [Homestead] Padruig McTavish, was What if OBama 
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
> Date: 
Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 4:08 PM 
> Padruig is a very early versoin of the name Patrick. I 
> have always 
> liked that name. The time period and location I chose for 
> my 
> "persona", if you will, is mid 13th century (app 
> 1242), highland 
> Scotland. I've always liked scotland, for some 
> reason. Don't really 
> know why. Perhaps the fierce independant nature of the 
> early scots? 
> I think this is one reason I am a big fan of Patrick 
> Stewart ;-) 
>  
> Anyway, The Irish gaelic version of Patrick is Padruig. 
> There was 
> contact between Ireland and Scotland at the time, so names 
> also crossed 
> borders, making it a period name. It is pronounced similar 
> to pad- 
> dregg, with a rolled "R", and emphasis on the 2nd 
> syllable. 
>  
> The McTavish, while a bit later in period, comes from a 
> favorite joke. 
> it follows... 
>  
> Sandy McTavish was walking the Macy's basement sale 
> when, before his 
> eyes on the sale table, was a bolt of the McTavish tartan! 
> He'd been in 
> New York for about six years and his kilt showed it, so the 
> need was 
> there, the price was right and he approached the sales 
> clerk (you'll 
> have to supply your own Scottish burr). 
> "Lassie, Ey'd like a yayrd an a haf o' the 
> McTavi
sh tartin" 
> "Beg your pardon sir?" 
> "Yaryrd an a haf o' the McTavish tartin, I'm 
> needin' a new kilt" 
> "I'm sorry sir, you'll have to show me the 
> material you mean" 
> So he walked her over to the sale table and showed her what 
> he wanted. 
> "Sorry sir, that plaid only comes in three yard 
> lengths" 
> "Ya dunna understand lassie, I dunna need three 
> yayrds, I need a yayrd 
> an a haf" 
> "I'm sorry sir, you don't understand, that 
> plaid comes in three yard 
> lengths, why not take a yard and a half, make your kilt, 
> and take the 
> other yard and a half and make a scarf for your girl 
> friend?" 
> It was clear that Sandy needed a new kilt and that he was 
> going to have 
> to buy three yards if he was going to get the McTavish 
> tartan... 
> "All ryut, I'll buy the thrree yayrds!" 
> He did and went home, made a new kilt and a scarf for his 
> girl friend. 
> He was so pleased with his new kilt that he decided 
> he'd go over and 
> show it to her and let the scarf be a surprise. As he was 
> running over 
> to her house he forgot that the pattern he'd used was 
> over six years 
> old and he'd lost some forty pounds in the mean time 
> (two stone?). As a 
> result, the new kilt slipped down off his=2
0waist, over his 
> hips and was 
> gone. He got to her door and knocked. 
> She saw him in the window and opened the door and as she 
> did, he threw 
> open his coat and said: 
> "Well! How dee ya lyke et?" 
> She looked and thought a moment and replied, "I guess 
> I like it just 
> fine." 
> "Aye Lass, and there's another one 
> n'a'half yards ye'll be gettin for 
> Christmas!" 
>  
>  
> Have a nice day 
>  
> Ray 
>  
>  
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> 
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
> Sent: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 2:30 pm 
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] What if OBama 
>  
>  
>  
> I'm guessing this is a Renaissance Festival function, 
> but tell anyway; 
> I'm 
> interested in hearing about the name ...bobf 
>  
>  
> --- On Wed, 10/8/08, rayzentz AT aim.com 
> <rayzentz AT aim.com> wrote: 
>  
> > From: rayzentz AT aim.com <rayzentz AT aim.com> 
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] What if OBama 
> > To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
> > Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 1:40 PM 
> > I never said I wasn't part of one. Afteall, I 
> talk to 
> > you, don't I? 
> > ;-) 
> > 
> > And, I am very willing to talk about my 
> subculture..., to 
> > anyone. I 
> 20> can even tell you why I specifically chose that name. 
> > Again my issue 
> > isn't so much the name, but the "why?" 
> > 
> > Ray 
> > 
> > 
> > ****** Padruig? and you are talking about other 
> people 
> > using weird 
> > names being 
> > part of a sub-culture <G> ? 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> 
> > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
>  
>  
>  
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