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.
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?
The Archbishop of York (John Mugabe Sentamu) declared his Yorkshire credentials because his second name, backwards, was
ReplyDeletee ba gum... are you a Mugabe too, Father?
The Irish (a people of judgement) on the whole preferred Lancashire and Wales, but I won't hold it against you, Fr.
ReplyDeleteAlways knew there was *some* good in you!! ;-D Can 'Jerusalem' be far behind?
ReplyDelete'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?'
ReplyDeleteThe Revd Sydney Smith, I think!
From the possessor of about 1/32nd Yorkshire blood, congratulations!
ReplyDeleteI just read this over lunch, sitting at my desk. It caused an accident with a cup of tea. Apparently, we have much to discuss.
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