What goes around

A row broke out in Spain.... after the country sent its first troops to patrol Iraq wearing on their shoulders the Cross of St James of Compostela - popularly known in Spain as "the Moor Killer".
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--Giles Tremlett, Troops Bear 'Moor Killer' Badges.

It is said that Islam has a long memory. So does Old Europe.

My mother's father's name was Palmer. Likely one of our ancestors made the pilgrimage of St. James.