On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:31:34 -0500, "Dee Randall"
> wrote:
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>"biig" > wrote in message ...

>> The plantation was called Tara after the family land in
>> Ireland...Sharon who has seen Gone With The Wind 9 times....
>
>Good memory, Sharon. I've seen it a number of times, too.
>Now, I'm wondering again -- wonder if the family 'land' was called Tara,
>(terra=earth,dirt, etc) as we might call a ranch, "Bonanza," or if the
>family name was Tara -- probably the former?

Tara was the ancient seat of the high kings of Ireland. In Gone With
the Wind, Scarlett's Irish father named his Georgia plantation after
the ancient Tara.

Tara

OB Food: I also like lima or butter beans in my vegetable soup.