[Ravensfort] Cinco de Mayo

James Northfolke jamesnorthfolke at gmail.com
Thu May 7 12:32:47 PDT 2009


So in the Titanic there was a section called "Hold de Mayo?"

j


Hoffpauir, David wrote:
>
> The Lord of the Manor would have me announce:
>
> According to the Irish, Cinco de Mayo originated as a memorial to a 
> tragic loss.
>
> County Mayo lies on the western coast of Ireland and is the namesake 
> of a emulsified condiment made up mostly of vegetable oil and egg 
> white. It is one of the area’s most coveted exports. Just to the South 
> at Cobh, also known as Queenstown, Ireland, was the last departure 
> point of the famous Titanic, on April 12, 1912. According to Irish 
> legend, a large shipment of this particular condiment was being sent 
> in the holds of the great Titanic to be delivered to Mexico. The 
> Titanic sunk on April 14, 1912 with a tragic loss of life and all of 
> the precious Mexican cargo. Word of its loss reached Mexico on the 
> 5^th of May and there was much remorse, not only for the loss of human 
> life, but also mourning for the loss of their long anticipated cargo, 
> know, of course, as “Mayo-naise.”
>
> The date the Mexican’s now mark annually as the “sinking of the Mayo.” 
> Or, in Spanish, “Cinco de Mayo.”
>
> Humble scribe to the LoTM,
>
> DSD
>
> J
>
> *From:* ravensfort-bounces+env_drh=shsu.edu at lists.ansteorra.org 
> [mailto:ravensfort-bounces+env_drh=shsu.edu at lists.ansteorra.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *byzytym
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:50 AM
> *To:* A Kindness Of Ravens
> *Subject:* [Ravensfort] Cinco de Mayo
>
> Cinco de Mayo salutations, y'all.
>
> This celebration has always seemed a little strange to me.
>
> It is a celebration of Mexico's victory over the French at the battle 
> of Puebla on the 5th of May 1862.
>
> The dirty little secret about this is the fact that on May 17th 1863 
> the French retook the city.
>
> The French had invaded Mexico because it was not making payments on 
> debts to its European lenders.
>
> Not wanting to be cheated on good faith loans France did not 
> discourage easily.
>
> They went on to capture the Capital and on May 28th 1864 Maximilian 
> was formally crowned Emperor of Mexico.
>
> So May turned out to be a pretty good month for the French after all.
>
> Unfortunately for France, the American Civil War came to an end the 
> next year.
>
> Had it not been for the U.S. freebees to the Mexican rebels most 
> people in south Texas would now hear les sons du francais.
>
> Being from Louisiana, I would not mind that at all.
>
> Perhaps Mexico should pick another month and day to celebrate since 
> the May 5th victory was so short lived.
>
> As for me, today I will adorn myself with the fleur de lis and seek a 
> sassy French beer.
>
> I include wikipedia sites not so much for the accuracy of their facts, 
> but rather for the cool art work they usually use.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_intervention_in_Mexico
>
> Paix,
>
> MARIVS
>
> "what shall it profit a man,
>
> if he shall gain the whole world,
>
> and lose his own soul ?"
>
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