By the mid-20th-century there was still another category: the "country-club
Irish" (represented by a certain politically-active family of that ethnicity),
although a more direct term I've heard was the "two-toilet Irish." A
fascinating socio-cultural study a few years ago was titled
provocatively "How the Irish Became White." (not really a slur at all, but
about how that particular immigrant group entered the mainstream
over several generations).
And even among the earlier settlers there are gradations: in New England, there
is such a thing as a "Swamp Yankee." I am relieved that
none of my ancestors on that side quite fell into that category (nor convicted
felons nor horsethieves), although the wealthy and prominent
also seem to have stayed away.
Jace Kahn
General Manager
Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
> My Irish mother always referred to Lace Curtain Irish, or Shanty Irish.as
> very different groups. (She was born in 1888) Habits and life standards were
> distinctly different THEN. but not now. New groups blending in to an
> established society have many different life styles.
>
> Having close friends who survived horrifying experiences in the Holocaust the
> general thoughts I have had cause me not allow German products in my house.
> It is my calm way of expressing my feelings. Shouting it or talking it does
> not help anyone.
>
> What does bother me is the tendency of Academia trying to purify reality and
> history. WW II never happened.
>
> SO "get rid of all modeling except S scale.????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> John Armstrong
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