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Re: Campbell's soup trivia




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In message <e4c31f18.36e9f667@aol.com>, RBranshaw@aol.com writes
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>When in Scotland last fall, we had the opportunity to pass through Glencoe, an
>absolutely beautiful valley.  According to the tour director, Glencoe was the
>homebase of the Clan MacDonald.  On the orders of Edward Longshanks (I
>believe), King of England,  the Campbells visited the MacDonalds and after
>staying for a week or so, rose up one night and killed all of the MacDonalds
>in Glencoe.  This irritated those members of the Mac Donald clan who were not
>in Glencoe.  As a result, it is reported, that is the reason why we cannot get
>Campbell's soup at a Mac Donald's restaurant today. (Tour Director was English
>- maybe that's why she told the story. :)
Although
 it is a pretty unlikey and fairly grotty story it's good to hear such
nonsense -= the Campbells were  very fierce and aggressive as a clan but
the transition to even a very mediocre soup is very hard to beleive. 
>                                                                   Bob
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