tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post8722410036286141942..comments2024-03-13T08:18:08.922+10:30Comments on Catdownunder: Apparently I am someone elsecatdownunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189081688973141295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-34925683863545313612017-04-04T08:51:34.465+09:302017-04-04T08:51:34.465+09:30I say "A glead snopped out of the fire" ...I say "A glead snopped out of the fire" because my Scottish grandfather probably did, and my mother passed the expression on to me. (He died before I was born.). But what an odd expression to have been passed down.<br /><br />LMcC Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-15639639413613432702017-04-04T07:29:38.547+09:302017-04-04T07:29:38.547+09:30It comes of being part of the conquerers and havin...It comes of being part of the conquerers and having to be apologists on the part of one's ancestors. It is the same as being on the losing side in a war; even worse when the war you won is probably one that should never have happened. <br /><br />But then, we try to re-write history all the time...hdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15374967125309747241noreply@blogger.com