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Offline Guy Etchells

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« on: Tuesday 02 August 11 20:42 BST (UK) »
Sorry to be so nosey but why do you name yourself after a hill?

Is there a family connection with the Tilly hill race of that name?

BTW I was born in Tullibody and grew up in Dollar.
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Re: maddymoss
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 02 August 11 20:44 BST (UK) »
Am a bit confused by your post. Did you mean to reply to an existing thread?
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Re: maddymoss
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 02 August 11 21:08 BST (UK) »
No I did not want to change the topic of the thread so started a new one.

Maddymoss is a hill overlooking Tillicoultry in Clackmannanshire (well known in the area).
There is a hill race that skirts the side of the hill called the Maddymoss Hill Race.

Being a nosey kind of person I wondered if there was any connection with either the hill or the race that caused the rootschat member to call themselves maddymoss.
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Re: maddymoss
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 02 August 11 22:24 BST (UK) »
Maddy, probably from Gaelic for wolf or fox!
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