A tip of the hat to Jim McNamara

[Edward Dolan]

Jim thinks I never listen to anything he has to say, but that is not true. I
pick up on all kinds of clues from him the same as I do from Tom Sherman.

Tom Sherman I learned from day one was a liberal scofflaw of the worst sort.
But even so, I found him to be an interesting character. We will never
agree about anything except recumbent bicycles, but so what. Much of the
time I do not even agree with myself.

Jim McNamara once told me he was only half Irish, the other half being
Polish. This intrigued me since both of these peoples are Catholic to the
core even though at opposite ends of Europe. I went on YouTube and got tons
and tons of Polish folklore to view and to save to my hard drive.

My God, this is terrific folklore! I have come to love the Poles based
strictly on their folklore. Much of Irish folklore has been corrupted by
modernisms, but that seems not to be the case with Polish folklore. If any
of you would like to know what a true folklore is like I suggest you look it
up on YouTube. In fact, if you want to know anything about a people that is
worth knowing, examine their folklore. That will tell you all you will ever
have to know.

Here are two YouTube members who will enlighten and delight you with videos
of fantastic singing and dancing. Viva Polska!

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=mahmarun

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=chcesztomasz

Thanks Jim for telling me that you are half Polish. Witn a last name like
McNamara no one would never know.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

[JimmyMac]

And you still don't. I told you that I am 1/2 Irish 1/4 English and
1/4 Polish. near as I can sort out with all that when on in Europe
over the centuries. Comprised of a body of history, traditions,
customs, legends, fables, beliefs and myth, folklore is much more that
mere costume and dance.

[Edward Dolan]

"JimmyMac" <jimmy...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eefe382f-2faa-4e61...@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

Of course, folklore is much more than song, dance and costume, but what is
an outsider ever to make of it. I am not going to embark on detailed study
of Poland any more that I am going to embark on a detailed study of Ireland.

By the way, screw your English heritage. I would keep quite about that if I
were you. It is nothing to crow about.