I will be attending my cousin Mary's 90th birthday celebration on Saturday at our family home. The last 90th birthday I attended was that of my cousin Kitty, whose second name is Cecily. It took place in the same house although I was much younger then and I had invented a type of sandwich for the occasion which I named The Snail. I doubt anyone remembers it though.
Last night, by accident I found a song sung by a Norwegian called Sissel which turns out to be a version of the name Cecilia. I discovered that St Cecelia is the patron Saint of church music. I really don't seem to be able to write in this blog these days without getting a Saint in there somewhere. But then, this is the land of Saints and Scholars after all.
There is a book coming out soon, if it hasn't already, proving that all the Saints ever, have their origins in Ireland. Maybe I got that wrong as I was told in passing and my memory can be compared to a gold-panner at times.
Sissel's birthday is on the same day as mine, which I found interesting and I had a Norwegian great-grandmother who I never knew. I have been planning to research into her geneology, as not much is known about her from before she married my great-grandfather, and he took her to back to Australia where they, I don't know, started a family, I think.
I will finish this later...
but then I say that about everything I do, I think I will change my name to Unfinished. It has a good ring to it, don't you think?
I get the impression Ireland is run by Saints :) Is it?
ReplyDeleteEm... not exactly - it would be great if we didn't have to be 'run' by anybody but ourselves though. Thanks for the read
ReplyDeleteand comment :)
My latest post proves there was at least one English Saint! :)
ReplyDeleteInteresing. Has Tracie seen this one? I call her "Norway" sometimes, you know...
ReplyDeleteI don't know. I will post it to her. Thx for reading. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting to me... I found it interesting and please let me know when you put the other details up! :)
ReplyDeleteWill do! :)
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