One of the pleasures is discovering by DNA that the McGehees of the United States are really MacGregors, the clan meant by King James I to be obliterated. Here is Sir Walter Scott, who wrote ROB ROY about one of the MacGregors (a 6th cousin of mine a few times removed).
While there's leaves in the forest, and foam on the river,
MacGregor despite them, shall flourish for ever!
Depression Okies are a defiant bunch still, sometimes ill-advisedly so, but on the whole admirable.
While there's leaves in the forest, and foam on the river,
MacGregor despite them, shall flourish for ever!
Depression Okies are a defiant bunch still, sometimes ill-advisedly so, but on the whole admirable.
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