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From: Terry Clark <>
Subject: Re: CAPE-FEAR-SCOTS-D Digest V00 #14
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 17:31:29 -0500


I have often heard friends from Scotland refer to English folks as sasanachs.
Perhaps your Hughes ancestors were from England.

Terry Clark

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> CAPE-FEAR-SCOTS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 14
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> Today's Topics:
> #1 Sasanachs ["A E Hughes" <>]
> #2 Re: Sasanachs [Sydney Ewers <>]
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> Subject: Sasanachs
> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:45:32 -0800
> From: "A E Hughes" <>
> To:
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> Hi!
>
> Anybody out there know anything about Sasanach's from Scotland? My father
> tells me that he remembers my great grandfather saying that our Hughes
> ancestors were Sasanachs (from Lowland Scotland?). I can't find anything on
> Sasanachs on the internet ... must not be looking in the right places.
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Our Hughes line is the one that most decidedly dead ends. I thought this
> info might help me if I could narrow down a place of origin. Just a hunch!!
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Amy
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> Subject: Re: Sasanachs
> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 21:10:19 +0000
> From: Sydney Ewers <>
> To:
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> I believe you're referring to the Gaelic word for "English"
> A E Hughes wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > Anybody out there know anything about Sasanach's from Scotland? My father
> > tells me that he remembers my great grandfather saying that our Hughes
> > ancestors were Sasanachs (from Lowland Scotland?). I can't find anything on
> > Sasanachs on the internet ... must not be looking in the right places.
> > Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > Our Hughes line is the one that most decidedly dead ends. I thought this
> > info might help me if I could narrow down a place of origin. Just a hunch!!
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Amy

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