You Are What You Is

Do you know what you are?

You are what you is

You is what you am

(A cow don't make ham . . . )

You ain't what you're not

So see what you got

You are what you is

An' that's all it 'tis

If as the saying goes that you dont know where youre going if you dont know where youve been holds true, then same goes for who we are.

Then Im a lucky one. I can trackback my family from the git go, thanks to impeccable Irish record keeping and Y-DNA37 chromosomal testing.


I was reading my grandfathers biography the other night, and one thing stuck out both becasue of the ability to be a pompous ass when citing it as much for its historic relevance.

Shakespeare referenced my peeps....

"Til Birnam wood meets Dunsinane
MacBeth before no foe shall quail
and Ross may all assail disdain
Till on the Lough Lein strange ships shall sail"

(What's the matter, smartass, you don't know any fuckin' Hawthorne???)

To sum it up Ross Castle was the last of the Irish strongholds to fall under Cromwell's army. The English were unable to take the castle by land, so they cut down the surrounding forrest to build ships to continue their assault by lough. It wouldnt be Shakespeare if it wasnt tragic, and the Donkeys did not fare well, and Bill used it in reference when the witches predicted MacBeth's demise.

but...

In case you havent noticed. Were still around.

EE-Aw!!!

lyrics courtesy of FZ