Sunday 1 January 2012

By gum!

And here was I thinking that I was an all-Irish product. My mother, at seven minutes past 2011, reveals that my great-grandmother, one Mary Burnell, was a Yorkshirewoman.

Happy new year, everyone.

6 comments:

Edwin said...

The Archbishop of York (John Mugabe Sentamu) declared his Yorkshire credentials because his second name, backwards, was
e ba gum... are you a Mugabe too, Father?

IanW said...

The Irish (a people of judgement) on the whole preferred Lancashire and Wales, but I won't hold it against you, Fr.

gemoftheocean said...

Always knew there was *some* good in you!! ;-D Can 'Jerusalem' be far behind?

Delia said...

'Never ask a man if he is from Yorkshire. If he is, he will have told you already. If he is not, why insult him?'

The Revd Sydney Smith, I think!

Archdruid Eileen said...

From the possessor of about 1/32nd Yorkshire blood, congratulations!

Caeremoniarius Eboracensis said...

I just read this over lunch, sitting at my desk. It caused an accident with a cup of tea. Apparently, we have much to discuss.