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[at-l] Re: Historical Facts? (was nickname)




saunterer@jimbullard.org wrote:

> At 05:35 PM 1/12/02 -0500, Dave Hicks wrote:
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <saunterer@jimbullard.org>
> >
> > > Historical facts?  'What is recorded' is probably a more accurate
> >statement.
> >
> >Somewhere in my reading of Scottish "history", I read that the winners write
> >the history; the losers the ballads, poetry, folklore, tradition, legends
> >[or something like that] and the truth lies somewhere between.
>
> That has the ring of truth, as Gandalf once said.
>
> sAunTerer

Yes it does, excuse me for being so "certain"

Ron