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Standing in the Need of Prayer

My oldest grandson goes in for his 2nd open heart surgery on Wednesday.  Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

Miss my Chsrleston Family

Art Journal - 2014.02

Fly Away

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Longing for Spring

I want a BLT with fresh garden tomatoes!

Amazing Grace...For Grandma Gracie May

"I once was LoSt, but now am found."

[in Just-]

BY E. E. CUMMINGS

in Just- 

spring          when the world is mud- 

luscious the little 

lame balloonman 

whistles          far          and wee 

and eddieandbill come 

running from marbles and 

piracies and it's 

spring 

when the world is puddle-wonderful 

the queer 

old balloonman whistles 

far          and             wee 

and bettyandisbel come dancing 

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and 

it's 

spring 

and 

         the 

                  goat-footed 

balloonMan          whistles 

far 

and 

wee 

Mud-luscious

"The world is mud-luscious...
    and puddle-wonderful"  e. e. cummings

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McGuire Coat of Arms / Mcguire Family Crest

This surname which is written as McGuire or Maguire, ranks among the forty commonest surnames in Ireland. It is interesting that in County Fermanagh, where their ancestors were once the ruling sept, Maguire families have today the commonest name in that county. The stronghold of the MagUidhire chief was at Enniskillen where their castle was built beside Lough Erne. Maguire is the most usual spelling, but in the west of Ireland the distinct prefix has more often been retained so that McGuire is the form favoured in County Mayo and County Roscommon. The name in Gaelic is rendered as 'odhargenuidhir' meaning 'dun-coloured'. Many members of this sept have been distinguished on the history of Ireland. Ireland was one of the earliest countries to evolve a system of hereditary surnames. They came into being fairly generally in the 11th century, and indeed a few were formed before the year 1000. At first the coat of arms was a practical matter which served a function on the battlefield and in tournaments. With his helmet covering his face, and armour encasing the knight from head to foot, the only means of identification for his followers, was the insignia painted on his shield, and embroidered on his surcoat, the draped and flowing garment worn over the armour. An early instance of the name was one Pierre Macquer (1718-84) who was a French chemist who wrote a popular textbook and the first chemical dictionary. He was descended from a Jacobite who had accompanied James II into exile in France. His surname is probably an altered form of Maguire and he may have been related to the Maguires who were Barons of Enniskillen. Surnames before the Norman Conquest of 1066 were rare in England having been brought by the Normans when William the Conqueror invaded the shores. The practice spread to Scotland and Ireland by the 12th century, and in Wales they appeared as late as the 16th century. Most surnames can be traced to one of four sources, locational, from the occupation of the original bearer, nicknames or simply font names based on the first name of the parent being given as the second name to their child.

--copied 4crests.com

Mcguire Name Meaning

Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Uidhir ‘son of Odhar’, a byname meaning ‘sallow’. This was the name of the ruling family of Fermanagh from the 13th–17th centuries.

Morrison Coat of Arms / Morrison Family Crest

SURNAMES as we know them today were first assumed in Europe from the 11th to the 15th Century. They were not in use in England or in Scotland before the Norman Conquest, and were first found in the Domesday Book. The employment in the use of a second name was a custom that was first introduced from the Normans. They themselves had not long before adopted them. It became, in course of time, a mark of gentler blood, and it was deemed a disgrace for gentlemen to have but one single name, as the meaner sort had. It was not until the reign of Edward II (1307-1327) it became general practice amongst all people. MORRISON was a baptismal name 'the son of Morris'. In Latin documents the name appears as MAURICII. Early records of the name mention Andrew Mauricii who was a notary public in Scotland in 1450, and John Moricii was the burgess of Glasgow in 1480. Thomas Moris, was documented in the year 1400, in County Yorkshire. Robert Wolf married Joanne Morrys at St. James's, Clerkenwell, London in 1602. Isabell Garret married Alice Morrice, at the same church in the year 1602. Morris was the name of an extensive and powerful family in colonial North America, who played a leading part in the emergence of the nation. They were descended from Richard Morris (died 1672), who had fought in Cromwell's army and then became a merchant in Barbados. His son Lewis (1671-1746) established the 'manor' of Morrisiana in New York State. His grandson Lewis (1726-98), 3rd owner of that manor, was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Two other grandsons, Richard and Gouverneur, were also key figures in the Revolution. However, their half-brother Staats Morris (1728-1800) was a general in the British Army and governor of Quebec. The associated arms are recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884. The eagle depicted in the crest is emblematical of fortitude and magnanimity of mind. The Romans used the figure of an eagle for their ensign, and their example has been often followed. It is the device of Russia, Austria, Germany and the United States of America.

==copied from 4crest.com

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