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L O W L A N D S - L * 31 July 2006 * Volume 09
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From: Tom Mc Rae <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: LL-L 'History' 2006.07.31 (03) [E]

On 01/08/2006, at 2:24 AM, 
> clarkedavid8 at aol.com
wrote:

> From: 
> Subject: LL-L 'History' 2006.07.31 (02) [E]
>
>  The KKK's practice of
> burning crosses is an old Scottish custom.

Sorry David but this is far from being correct. it is true that clansmen were
summoned to combat via messengers going from village to village carrying
"THE FIERY CROSS" but this was far from a blazing cruciform. In fact it was
merely a cross made from two sticks with its ends sharpened and charred
in a fire. There is no connection between this ancient custom and the KKK, if
they claim the contrary it is merely another example of their redneck igorance.

Regards
Tom Mc Rae
Brisbane Australia

Oh Wad Some Power the Giftie Gie Us
Tae See Oorsel's as Ithers See Us
Robert Burns

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: History 

Tom:

> There is no connection between this ancient custom and the KKK, 
> if they claim the contrary it is merely another example of their 
> redneck igorance.

They'd easily be able to claim it.  Why, they even claim that Jesus was "Aryan."  ;-)

Here's a naive one for you Tom _et al._  Is that "fiery cross" related to the
Christian cross, and is the "slanted" blue cross on the Scottish flag?  I must
admit that I've never thought about that before.

Cheerio!
Reinhard/Ron

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