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Old 14-10-04, 11:06
Richard Notton
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Originally posted by Vets Dottir
Gobbler, Turkey, Pheasant, Buffalo, Bear, whatever ..... did the Pilgrims really care what they ate as long as they ate?

Oh dear. Oh deary deary me.
This wont do; wont do at all.

pay attention, GLOWWORM

A. Thanksgiving - American. Pilgrim Fathers give thanks for not starving to death after their first devastating winter of 1620 and for the help received from the 91 indigenous Indians, a friendship and trust later shown to be a bit misplaced.

B. Thanksgiving - Canadian. A harvest festival to give thanks for the bountiful crops et al safely gathered-in for winter sustinence. Based on events of 1578 with Martin Frobisher and so a whole 42 years before the "Americans" invented it.

Please note the difference.

ends.

R.
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