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Lewis ye are quite right..I am going back into hibernation mode 
Slán Agat
Uilliam
Mary, Mother of God…
I need to get away from this bizarre, nitpicky forum and cherchez la femme…You people are all insane!!! INSANE, I tell you!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Sweet.
I turn my back for a couple of hours… 
Whats the thing with all the butt naked women dancing around painted red… 
Em… cool?
The first tune is a reel called “The Cows Are Milking”, [ #71 in Breandan Breathnach’s 1st volume of “Ceol Rince na hEireann” ], the 2nd was going to be the late Bobby McLeod’s reel, “Jean’s Reel”, but only got into the first few bars.
National Geo has come a long way baby!
I hate that kind of shit.
Fashion Tip: vertical stripes can help make you look slimmer.
djm
In 5thC Ireland if ye were not Irish then ye were a non person in law..In order to overcome this the traveller would seek the protection of the local chief.If he agreed to protect ye then it…
" is traditionally sealed by the notorious and unnappetising act of nipple-sucking.The Irish use many gestures to signal their moods and relationships-for example,pulling harshly at your hand means that you should vanish quickly from the presence of the hand puller,while clapping hands is a sign of woe or intense grieving.Nipple- sucking,instead,is a sign of friendship and even alliance.The traveller must never initiate the act,but only move when the shirt is drawn up and the nipple offered.At that point,bowing low,he should bend down and suck for a moment and then slowly return to the upright position.
Any prolonged sucking causes social discomfort,quickly rising suggests disgust-both are deemed highly offensive.However unpleasant the sucking proves,the benefits,at least,are enormous.By taking the nipple,the traveller becomes the child of his new “mother” and “the mother” will protect him.And any local who then meddles with the traveller will have to face the wrath of this “mother” in the courts of law…" this is an extract from a Byzantine report to their Emperor following a visit to Ieland in 500 AD…The picture could be the prelude to this tradition or he might be about to pull his hand.I also like the hand clapping which I will use when I hear the woeful Poor mans tambourine being played badly
references to this Irish Custom are to be found in St.Patricks Confessio 18 andCeltic Connections:Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Celtic Studies,ed.Ronald Black (Tuckwell Press 1999)pp152-61)
Slán Go Foill
Uilliam
A wonderful way to start the day, thanks Uilliam! 
This explains so much! Thanks for that Uilliam
Patrick.