Hi Teresa -
Gee, you know that having that problem and not knowing it could be a
real problem. My fingersnails went blue when I was in the hospital
some time ago and it's automatic for them to put you on oxygen. If
people don't know it, that could make for an interesting diagnosis if
one is cyanotic naturally.
My dad wondered if the aristocrats and royals when they were
called "blue bloods" if the condition might have been the reason
why. It is such an odd expression. With them it is mostly cousins
too to "keep up the blood lines" like happy thoroughbred horses.
Which always gets me wondering about if the aristocrats describe
themselves as horses and cattle, what do they think about the rest of
us? LOL Is the idea of the blue bloods something deep in our
unconscious that kind of shows up in the language?
Reading on Buddhist tantra, the author was talked about the yogini's
putting ashes over themselves and I think she thought that was the
origin of the blue skin idea. Being Americans we love scientific
explanations for everything. They're gods afterall and perhaps their
skin is blue.
Yes, I grew up in northern Kentucky near Cincinnati. I live in
Cincinnati now. Even in Campbell, Boone and Kenton counties there
were families that advised their children to find husbands and wives
in the next county to avoid marrying cousins. Other states make fun
of it but it can be a real problem in some of the "down counties" of
the state.
Your Ohio (kind of**) Friend,
Eric
PS Cyanosis is from the Latin from the Greek KyanOsis. The Osis
looks a lot like Isis doesn't it?
** I'll always be a Kentuckian!!!
--- In Shakti_Sadhana (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "Teresa" <teresarford@y...>
wrote:
> I live in Kentucky now. I am 38, and from Muhlenberg County. My
> great-grandmother was a blue lady. I always thought she was sick
and
> old. But when I read the explanation, it all makes so much sense.
Now
> I know why my fingersnails, fingers and toes turn blue when I get
> cold. lol
> My great-grandparents were raised in a coal mining hollar called
> Skebo. The family all married first cousin's and the like.
> I am so glad my grand parents moved to another state to bring in
> some fresh blood.lol
> I have uncles and aunts, that are first cousins now.
>
> It's the land that time forgot, or at least left behind 25 years.
>
> Your Kentucky Friend,
> Teresa
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