In honor of Heritage Month

It's Celtic Heritage Month, or if you prefer, Irish American Heritage Month and of course, being part Irish, I have some things to say about it.

At one time, there were Irish landowners in Ireland, until genocide of the Irish ravaged the Emerald Isle.

Mass confiscation of all Catholic owned land by the Cromwellian regime during the horrific ethnic cleansing at a time when it wasn't considered a crime to kill anyone Irish, contributing to the destruction of this class of people.  At best, they were considered prisoners of war.  If not slaughtered, many were sold into slavery or indentured, and were deported to the Caribbean Islands or The Colonies.  Not very many were actual refugees.  Few people today know that between 1600 and 1699, far more Irish were sold as slaves than were Africans, although both races suffered abuse from the British landowners in the West Indies.

There were pockets of Irish settlements scattered among the islands of the more powerful countries of the Netherlands, England, France, and Spain.  Some settlements were on St. David’s Island, Antigua, Jamaica, and Montserrat, which was called the Other Emerald Isle.  This is some little known history of the Irish.

I've researched this and believe it would make an excellent piece of historical based fiction, if for no other reason than to put information out there for people to see that it's nothing more than common sense to recognize throughout history, there have been many kinds of peoples subjugated.  

Listed below are some potential things of interest for your consideration.

Celtic Guide is always outstanding in content, and is a monthly online and print publication, the online version being free.

These are books.

Suddenly, While Abroad:  Hitler's Irish Slaves

To Hell or Barbados:  The Ethnic Cleansing of Ireland by Sean O'Callaghan

White Cargo, by Don Jordan and Michael Walsh

Just wanted to toss the above out for perusal.

A limerick and uses for foobs.

I was bald, but now I'm breastless,

If I want, I eat dinner at breakfast.

I am now flat, as well as fat,

But at best, I do try to be fabulous.

Uses for foobs.

Book end if one.  Book ends if there are two.

Conversation piece

Water bowl for a small pet while traveling

Paperweight

Holder for the remote control

Keyholder

Change holder

 Glasses holder

Cell phone holder

Stranger things have happened.

Barn time yesterday was nice with nary a chicken to be found, except for the itty bitty ones in a tub with a light because they are babies.  They aren't much bigger than my two thumbs put together, so they are okay.  It's the big white chicken that hates me.

The horses were goofy, though.  One wouldn't pick up her right front hoof for me to clean it, so we got into a leaning contest.  Four of them tried to untie the lead rope they were tied with while I was grooming them.  One hadn't rolled in pee like he usually does.  One had mud dreads.  I will attribute all of that silliness to the full moon.

I received in my inbox a message about my documenting of the house build going on.  Evidently, the company who is building it wants to feature some of the pictures on their social media.  I suppose that's a good thing, even though the camera in my phone isn't all that great.  Stranger things have happened, go figure.  Inadvertent photography being publicated (Yes, my own made up word.) and yet when I try to intentionally get my novel length fics published, nothing happens.  Wtf?

Today, I made toothpaste again.  That's always fun.

The other day, I decided on what things I would give a quiz on regarding beta reading/editing, if I was ever in charge of looking for people who could beta read or edit.

Who and Whom

Who's and Whose

A and An

I and Me

Which is not an article?  A, An, The, It

Me, I, Myself, Mine 

Abstract Nouns

Then and Than
Accept and Except

Wither, Whether, Weather
Sale and Sell

That and Which

There and Their

To, too, and two
Weary and Wary

Were, we're, wear, where

Yes, I would definitely find those very fun to toss at someone to see if they knew their shit about this shit, just because.

And now, I think it's time for either some strawberry cobbler or white wine.