RE: CSRE: Antiquarian Epidemiology

2004-10-18 Thread Jim Holmes
Lizard Genes -Original Message- From: John Rigby [mailto:jrig...@fablor.com] Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 7:33 PM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: CSRE: Antiquarian Epidemiology Hi folks, Arnold wrote: Unlike so many other expressions, this one is well documented. It's a direct

CSRE: Antiquarian Epidemiology

2004-10-17 Thread John Rigby
Hi folks, Arnold wrote: Unlike so many other expressions, this one is well documented. It's a direct translation of the Spanish sangre azul. Many of the oldest and proudest families of Castile used to boast that they were pure bred, having no link with the Moors who had for so long controlled