Re: Origins of the red hand of Ulster (OT) (Hist)

On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, The cat that walks by Himself wrote:
> The red hand of Ulster has nothing to do with the long running
terrorist
> campaign
> Or at least such is the origin story I was told.

i stand enlightened; i'd always wondered about the origin of that
symbol.
sorry if i dissed ulstermen - i never purposely offend anyone except the
french and americans. oh, and australians that one time, but they
started
it. :-) :-) :-) please take this as frivolously as it was intended!

Tom