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Wednesday, September 9, 2020


 Although I have doubts about it being pre-1975, I had to include this undated AMG photo of David McIlwrick because it is a great picture and because of the unusual surname.  McIlwrick predates any recognizable nation of Scotland, going all the way back to the Kingdom of Dalriada in 7th C. Argyll. This name was originally Mac 'Ille riabhaich in Gaelic, meaning "son of the brindled lad." 

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  1. You're safe. David did a solo posing film that was promoted in Physique Pictorial in 1973 and this photo was used as a promo for it. Another one time only model.

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  2. I can't figure out how a lad could be brindled. I can picture a brindle cow in my head, but not a brindled boy/man. Does it mean something different in Scots Gaelic?

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    1. Good question, Piet! In this case the meaning is probably related to a man or boy with streaked hair as opposed to a solid color. That isn't the same as the genetic mutation that causes bridled coats in animals, but I've known several men and one woman who had hair that was naturally of more than a single color, usually dark streaked with lighter colors. I even knew a woman who was falsely accused of bleaching her young son's hair by a neighborhood scold.

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    2. Thanks, Jerry. I've seen a very few natural brindles then. So few that it would make sense to single one out for the beginnings of a family name. Fascinating!

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