0001|                          HOUSE MEMORIAL 26
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            THOMAS P. FOY
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     COMMENDING THE COMMON ANCESTRY OF THE SPANISH AND IRISH
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0012|     AMERICANS AND REQUESTING THEIR JOINT SUPPORT IN THE FIGHT
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0013|     AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND LACK OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES;
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0014|     SHARING A BIT OF THE GREEN.
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0015|     
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0016|          WHEREAS, 
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0017|       'Twould be nice to be in Ireland now that winter's on the wane,
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0018|       And tread among the shamrocks growing near each country lane,
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0019|       And smell the pungent fragrance of a fire made of peat.
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0020|       Of all the olden memories, there is none that is so sweet.
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0021|     
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0022|       'Cross the mighty western ocean and through forlorn mists of time,
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0023|       Comes a message to us somehow from a far and distant clime,
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0024|       That on each anniversary of Saint Patrick's holy birth,
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0025|       We should think once more of Erin and folks long gone from earth.
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0001|       So we'll take a taste of Irish, and we'll sing an Irish song,
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0002|       And we'll joke and tease each other, and we'll know we each
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0003|     belong
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0004|       To that noble line of people who comprise the Irish stock, 
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0005|       For Spain and France and other lands sent people to that rock.
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0006|       
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0007|       Now then let us remember long, and when all is said and done,
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0008|       Like Irish folk, we'll hide our hurts with laughter and with fun,
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0009|       And now 'tis time to clasp your hand and speak of friendship's
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0010|     way,
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0011|       For knowing each of you has blessed me this Saint Patrick's day;
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0012|     and
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, at a time in history, the country of England was an
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0015|     enemy common to the peoples of Ireland and Spain and was one of the
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0016|     causes of the wrecking of the Spanish armada on the coasts of
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0017|     Ireland; and
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0018|          WHEREAS, between the Irish, being a hospitable people, and the
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0019|     Spanish, being a prolific race, there arose a common bond resulting
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0020|     in a subsequent similarity of family trees and names, such as:
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0021|     DeValera, DeValle, Valerio, and Varela, Costello and Castillo,
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0022|     O'Quinn and Olguin, and the use of Gallagher for Gallegos and
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0023|     Murmudo for Murphy; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, both of these stalwart peoples came from lines of
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0025|     kings and poets; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, certain refinements of both peoples are similar, in
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0002|     that they have endured poverty, hardship and famine and have
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0003|     survived war, pestilence and hard liquor; 
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0004|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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0005|     OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the citizens of Irish and Spanish
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0006|     descent of our great state be petitioned to have compassion on the
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0007|     poor and downtrodden among their fellow citizens, on those who live
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0008|     in poverty and are without education and on those who are so
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0009|     unfortunate as to be without the great cultural benefits of Irish or
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0010|     Spanish heritage dating back to the earliest Dons and O'Donnels; and
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0011|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in this particular year's
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0012|     celebration we include special prayers that our brothers and
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0013|     sisters, both Orange and Green, refrain from violence and negotiate
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0014|     a lasting peace with their cousins across the Irish sea.
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