Strange, all this talk of Border Reivers lately:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6189776.stm
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If you are an Armstrong, Elliot or Nixon you might be able to help
scientists with a new project.
A team from Newcastle University is looking for people with "Border
Reiver" surnames to donate blood to find out if names signal genetic
make-up.
The reivers were clans who fought bloody confrontations with each other
from the 13th Century onwards.
Potential volunteers are being asked to attend the Northumberland and
Border History Fair in Hexham on 2 December.
Sheep stealing and burning each other's homes was part of everyday
Border Reiver life, according to historians.
[The reivers] left an impressive legacy in the people, culture and
architecture of the Border lands
Dr Caroline Relton, Newcastle University
Researchers are aiming to find the descendants of these notorious
families for the Northern England element of a national project called
People of the British Isles (PoBI).
They hope to collect up to 600 blood samples for scientific analysis and
will be looking for common genetic patterns and the presence of certain
genes, such as those that determine hair colour.
Volunteers should be able to trace all four of their grandparents to the
same geographical area in Northumberland, Northern Cumbria, County
Durham and the Scottish Borders. . . . (more)
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Clan's' blood needed for survey
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Alan Crozier
Re: Clan's' blood needed for survey
"Renia" <nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Why did they leave out the Croziers? Along with the Armstrongs, Elliots
and Nixons, these are very common surnames in south-west Ulster, where I
come from. It looks as if they got rid of many of the troublemakers on
the Scottish borders by sending them over to Ulster.
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Alan
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Strange, all this talk of Border Reivers lately:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6189776.stm
QUOTE
If you are an Armstrong, Elliot or Nixon you might be able to help
scientists with a new project.
Why did they leave out the Croziers? Along with the Armstrongs, Elliots
and Nixons, these are very common surnames in south-west Ulster, where I
come from. It looks as if they got rid of many of the troublemakers on
the Scottish borders by sending them over to Ulster.
<rest snipped>
Alan
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Renia
Re: Clan's' blood needed for survey
Alan Crozier wrote:
There are lots of Crosers (Crosier in brackets) in The Steel Bonnets.
Anyone in particular?
Perhaps you should tell them about the Croziers? Or perhaps the Beeb
just left them out.
"Renia" <nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Strange, all this talk of Border Reivers lately:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6189776.stm
QUOTE
If you are an Armstrong, Elliot or Nixon you might be able to help
scientists with a new project.
Why did they leave out the Croziers? Along with the Armstrongs, Elliots
and Nixons, these are very common surnames in south-west Ulster, where I
come from. It looks as if they got rid of many of the troublemakers on
the Scottish borders by sending them over to Ulster.
There are lots of Crosers (Crosier in brackets) in The Steel Bonnets.
Anyone in particular?
Perhaps you should tell them about the Croziers? Or perhaps the Beeb
just left them out.
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Alan Crozier
Re: Clan's' blood needed for survey
"Renia" <nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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No names, no pack drill
There was a man called Percy Reid who brought a Crozier to justice for
cattle rustling. With the aid of the false Halls, they Croziers took
their revenge on him, as told in a border ballad which you can sing for
yourself:
http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiPRCYRE ... YREED.html
We're all law-abiding citizens now...
Alan
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Alan Crozier wrote:
"Renia" <nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Strange, all this talk of Border Reivers lately:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6189776.stm
QUOTE
If you are an Armstrong, Elliot or Nixon you might be able to help
scientists with a new project.
Why did they leave out the Croziers? Along with the Armstrongs,
Elliots
and Nixons, these are very common surnames in south-west Ulster,
where I
come from. It looks as if they got rid of many of the troublemakers
on
the Scottish borders by sending them over to Ulster.
There are lots of Crosers (Crosier in brackets) in The Steel Bonnets.
Anyone in particular?
No names, no pack drill
Perhaps you should tell them about the Croziers? Or perhaps the Beeb
just left them out.
There was a man called Percy Reid who brought a Crozier to justice for
cattle rustling. With the aid of the false Halls, they Croziers took
their revenge on him, as told in a border ballad which you can sing for
yourself:
http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiPRCYRE ... YREED.html
We're all law-abiding citizens now...
Alan
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Hugh Watkins
Re: Clan's' blood needed for survey
Alan Crozier wrote:
LOA
never exceed the speed limit -- ever?
Hugh W
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Beta blogger
http://nanowrimo3.blogspot.com/ visiting my past
http://hughw36-2.blogspot.com/ re-entry
http://snaps4.blogspot.com/" photographs and walks
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http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG
"Renia" <nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Alan Crozier wrote:
"Renia" <nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Strange, all this talk of Border Reivers lately:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6189776.stm
QUOTE
If you are an Armstrong, Elliot or Nixon you might be able to help
scientists with a new project.
Why did they leave out the Croziers? Along with the Armstrongs,
Elliots
and Nixons, these are very common surnames in south-west Ulster,
where I
come from. It looks as if they got rid of many of the troublemakers
on
the Scottish borders by sending them over to Ulster.
There are lots of Crosers (Crosier in brackets) in The Steel Bonnets.
Anyone in particular?
No names, no pack drill
Perhaps you should tell them about the Croziers? Or perhaps the Beeb
just left them out.
There was a man called Percy Reid who brought a Crozier to justice for
cattle rustling. With the aid of the false Halls, they Croziers took
their revenge on him, as told in a border ballad which you can sing for
yourself:
http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiPRCYRE ... YREED.html
We're all law-abiding citizens now...
LOA
never exceed the speed limit -- ever?
Hugh W
--
Beta blogger
http://nanowrimo3.blogspot.com/ visiting my past
http://hughw36-2.blogspot.com/ re-entry
http://snaps4.blogspot.com/" photographs and walks
old blogger
http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG