The Scots-Irish are great people to drink with, btw. From Wordnik.com. [Is Hillary Outperforming Obama Against McCain Among Working Class Voters In Key Swing States?] Reference
I find Webb's stereotyping of the Scots-Irish horrid. From Wordnik.com. ["The most miserable, neurotic and obsessive collection of individuals he had ever met."] Reference
He grew up in England, but his background was Scots-Irish. From Wordnik.com. [Gifted Seller, Kilted Eccentric] Reference
Full title: Born Fighting: how the Scots-Irish shaped America. From Wordnik.com. [Webb Launches Leadership PAC] Reference
Scots-Irish immigrants from the northern parts of Britain and from. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Smiley: Jane's Bingo! Award for Most Informative Book of 2006] Reference
I mean, this is a really American story, this Scots-Irish migration. From Wordnik.com. [The Stevensons: A Biography of an American Family] Reference
I want you to take down the video that has the Scots-Irish night on it. From Wordnik.com. [Conferences are Murder]
He is descended from Scots-Irish fighters who settled in Carroll County, Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Barack Obama "is supposed to be the tonic for the culture wars of the 60s."] Reference
The Scots-Irish and Chesapeakes (2nd and 3rd sons) settled mostly in the South. From Wordnik.com. [What you need to know about American History] Reference
Can Webb be a leader to all Americans, not just the Scots-Irish he knows so well?. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Webb's Veep Tour Comes To Manhattan] Reference
If you scroll down some it talks about the culture and the Scots-Irish influence. From Wordnik.com. [Third Day Book Club – Winter’s Bone] Reference
Creeley is Irish, I think, or possibly Scots-Irish, and I've no idea what it means. From Wordnik.com. [The Burglar On The Prowl]
He wrote in his bestselling book, Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Biggers: Big Coal Tea Party Extremists Circle Wagons in DC Today: Coalfields Left Behind in Ruins] Reference
His book "Born Fighting" tells a lot about his ancestry, specifically the Scots-Irish. From Wordnik.com. ["The most sophisticated right-wing reactionary to run on a Democratic ticket since Grover Cleveland."] Reference
The original rural settlers were English and then French-Canadian rather than Scots-Irish. From Wordnik.com. [Is Hillary Outperforming Obama Against McCain Among Working Class Voters In Key Swing States?] Reference
Webb has also observed that the Scots-Irish hill folk are by nature scrappers and fighters. From Wordnik.com. [A Memo to Senator Obama] Reference
And I speak as a southern woman of Scots-Irish heritage with a family full of fighting men. From Wordnik.com. ["Webb... has become a pompous poseur and an abuser of the English language before actually becoming a senator."] Reference
Settled by Scots-Irish immigrants, the 16,200-acrew district is dominated by large farmsteads. From Wordnik.com. [New listings to Va. landmarks register] Reference
The Germans of Berks County didn't move on, like the typical Scots-Irish frontier-seeking American. From Wordnik.com. [On Not Being a Dove] Reference
Webb is Scots-Irish and he lauds the fiercely independent streak and individualism of the Scots-Irish. From Wordnik.com. ["Webb... has become a pompous poseur and an abuser of the English language before actually becoming a senator."] Reference
He authored a well-received book, "Born Fighting," that focused on "how the Scots-Irish shaped America.". From Wordnik.com. [Webb calls for end to most affirmative action programs, criticizes 'myth' of white dominance] Reference
The fact that they, (the Scots-Irish), would line up and vote this way is not so much a comment on Barack. From Wordnik.com. [Jackie Hammond: Jim Webb On Winning Over Working Class Whites] Reference
(Spin aside, this is pretty solid proof that Southwest Virginia prefers Scots-Irish to French-Californians). From Wordnik.com. [40th Senate District] Reference
A Scots-Irish commenter above joan took issue with Webb's conception and stereotyping of Scots-Irish culture. From Wordnik.com. ["The most miserable, neurotic and obsessive collection of individuals he had ever met."] Reference
The southwestern corner of Virginia is a land of small farms and coal mines settled by Scots-Irish Calvinists. From Wordnik.com. [Diane Tucker: Surge Of New Voters and Obama Campaign Efforts Tipping Virginia] Reference
As a daughter of the American Revolution, I have pioneer stock genes mixed with a resilient Scots-Irish heritage. From Wordnik.com. [Shelley Hendrix Reynolds: Fearless Women Raising Fearless Women] Reference
And half-Jew so that cancels out, I'm fairly certain - except the other quarter is Scots-Irish which makes me - what?. From Wordnik.com. [May 2009] Reference
How does the Obama campaign overcome the resentment and bring the Scots-Irish working class voters into the Democratic base to stay?. From Wordnik.com. [Jackie Hammond: Jim Webb On Winning Over Working Class Whites] Reference
The older Buchanan was shirtsleeve Scots-Irish, not castle Irish like the Buckleys of Sharon, Conn., or the Kennedys of Boston, Mass. From Wordnik.com. [Why Is Buchanan So Angry?] Reference
Often several Irish Catholic families combined to outbid one Scots-Irish family, generations of which had toiled to improve the holding. From Wordnik.com. [‘War on the Run’] Reference
Demographically, they're both very white states, with substantial Scots-Irish transplants to their own mountains from the Appalachian ones. From Wordnik.com. [Is Hillary Outperforming Obama Against McCain Among Working Class Voters In Key Swing States?] Reference
My first ancestor in this country was Samuel Lee, one of the hoards of Scots-Irish who came to Appalachia near the end of the 18th century. From Wordnik.com. [Test message.] Reference
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