
The Passion of Silken Thomas
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The Silken Thomas of Ireland
The real silken thomas, he was a fitch jarled, so he would have been what you call high barn on normen. The English said of these normen lords in Ireland, they said that they are forsaking the English language, manners, mode of riding horses, laws and usages. They live and govern themselves according to the manners, fashion and language of their Irish enemies. We were like, I'm f***ing Irish now, I'm Irish now and give a shit about England,. I speak Irish, I dress like an Irish person, we are Irish, and the English didn't like that one bit. He had this beautiful white silky fur, wonderful
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