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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The Lord of the Manor would have me announce:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>According to the Irish, Cinco de Mayo originated as a memorial
to a tragic loss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>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<sup>th</sup> 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.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The date the Mexican’s now mark annually as the “sinking
of the Mayo.” Or, in Spanish, “Cinco de Mayo.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Humble scribe to the LoTM,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>DSD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
ravensfort-bounces+env_drh=shsu.edu@lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto:ravensfort-bounces+env_drh=shsu.edu@lists.ansteorra.org] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>byzytym<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> A Kindness Of Ravens<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ravensfort] Cinco de Mayo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Cinco de Mayo salutations, y'all.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>This celebration has always seemed a little strange to me.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>It is a celebration of Mexico's victory over the French at
the battle of Puebla on the 5th of May 1862.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The dirty little secret about this is the fact that on May
17th 1863 the French retook the city. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The French had invaded Mexico because it was not making
payments on debts to its European lenders.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Not wanting to be cheated on good faith loans France
did not discourage easily.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>They went on to capture the Capital and on May 28th
1864 Maximilian was formally crowned Emperor of Mexico.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>So May turned out to be a pretty good month for the French
after all.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Unfortunately for France, the American Civil War came
to an end the next year.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Being from Louisiana, I would not mind that at all.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Perhaps Mexico should pick another month and day to celebrate
since the May 5th victory was so short lived.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>As for me, today I will adorn myself with
the fleur de lis and seek a sassy French beer.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I include wikipedia sites not so much for the accuracy
of their facts, but rather for the cool art work they usually use.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_intervention_in_Mexico">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_intervention_in_Mexico</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Paix,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Andy","serif"'>MARIVS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>"what shall it profit a man,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>if he shall gain the whole world,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>and lose his own soul ?"<o:p></o:p></p>
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