On Oct 6, 6:11=A0am, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Jim thinks I never listen to anything he has to say, but that is not
true=
.. I
> pick up on all kinds of clues from him the same as I do from Tom
Sherman.
>
> Tom Sherman I learned from day one was a liberal scofflaw of the worst
so=
rt.
> But even so, I found him to be an interesting =A0character. We will
never
> agree about anything except re***bent bicycles, but so what. Much of the
> time I do not even agree with myself.
>
> Jim McNamara once told me he was only half Irish, the other half being
> Polish. This intrigued me since both of these peoples are Catholic to
the
> core even though at opposite ends of Europe. I went on YouTube and got
to=
ns
> and tons of Polish folklore to view and to save to my hard drive.
>
> My God, this is terrific folklore! I have come to love the Poles based
> strictly on their folklore. Much of Irish folklore has been corrupted by
> modernisms, but that seems not to be the case with Polish folklore. If
an=
y
> of you would like to know what a true folklore is like I suggest you
look=
it
> up on YouTube. In fact, if you want to know anything about a people that
=
is
> worth knowing, examine their folklore. That will tell you all you will
ev=
er
> have to know.
>
> Here are two YouTube members who will enlighten and delight you with
vide=
os
> of fantastic singing and dancing. Viva Polska!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=3Dmahmarun
>
> http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=3Dchcesztomasz
>
> Thanks Jim for telling me that you are half Polish. Witn a last name
like
> McNamara no one would never know.
And you still don't. I told you that I am 1/2 Irish 1/4 English and
1/4 Polish. near as I can sort out with all that when on in Europe
over the centuries. Comprised of a body of history, traditions,
customs, legends, fables, beliefs and myth, folklore is much more that
mere costume and dance.
> Regards,
>
> Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> aka
> Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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