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From: Kathy McRobie <>
Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] RE:Paddy
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:41:56 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <001e01c51ab7$cef2c080$aaf1b83f@DG1VZC21>


Hi If anyone is curious about Cow Pasture Run and Bull Pasture Run they go through Bath Co. VA.

Virginia Kelly <> wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "K.Fitzgerald"
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] RE:Paddy


> Hi Virginia,
> You're not going to believe this, but when I was in grade school (back in
> Omaha, Nebraska during the 50s), I went to school with a Patrick Kelly! I
> remember him and a boy named Peter Boris fondly because they were two of
> the
> few boys who didn't give me a hard time about having red hair!
> I used to think that either they had red heads in their families or else
> they were being raised better then the rest. Did I mention my second son's
> name is Peter? {;o)
> .
> Loved the "Pattykiller" story!
> I remember the time we were driving through VA on our way to WV where my
> husband's family lived.He was in the military at the time stationed in MD.
> To entertain Pat (an only child till 5) I was reading the road signs as we
> went along. Well, just before we came into this little town we crossed a
> creek named "Cow Pasture Run". Then, on the other side of town we crossed
> another such creek named "Bull Pasture Run". ("run" being a common term
> for
> "creek" in those parts) Well I had read the names off to Pat and after
> saying ""Bull Pasture Run" he immediately said "No Momma, it was a COW
> that
> ran past me!"
> When Pat started school he was found to be dyslexic so maybe that had
> something to do with the way he'd turned the names into sentances.
> Anyway, he's now 36 years old and I love to tell his 3 children that
> story!
> Where does the time go?
> Bye for now,
> Kathleen
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Virginia Kelly"
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 5:59 PM
> Subject: [MDGARRET] RE:Paddy
>
Kathleen,
Thanks so much loved your story also. Virginia
>
>> To Kathleen,
>> My husband's grandfather was Patrick, his uncle was Patrick, my husband
>> is
> Patrick,our son is Patrick and our grandson is Patrick
>>
>> When our son was small we were walking thru a cemetery and he spied a
> caterpiller being very inquisitive he wanted to know what it was and when
> I
> told him it was a caterpiller he looked at it for a minute and then said
> "A
> pattykiller , let me out of here."
>> Virginia
>>
>>
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