When Your Ox Is in the Ditch
Genealogical How-to Letters By Vera McDowell A book review by MaryLynn Strickland “That’s a very good book,” someone said, pointing to a bright orange and yellow volume on the book sales table. “Hmmm,” I thought, “I’ll have to remember that. Someday I’ll buy it.” A few years later I did just that. Then, from time to time, I glanced at pages as the book was moved from coffee table to bookshelf. I can’t say that I ever fulfilled my intention to read all of it. Recently, when I was looking for reading material in the middle of the night, the book literally fell off the shelf and opened to page 54 where I read: “To understand the four nationalities that make up the United Kingdom, we must recognize that: “SCOTS: Keep the Sabbath and everything else they can get their hands on. “IRISH: Don’t believe in anything and will fight like hell to defend it. “WELSH: Pray on their knees and everybody else. “ENGLISH: Feel like they were bo...