--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, ERobert52@... wrote:

> Its local football team,
> however, plays in the *Scottish* League.

And the County of Berwick remained in Scotland.

> Indeed, Berwick-upon-Tweed may be
> considered to be still at war with Russia, because it is separately

listed as

> a Crown dominion on official documents at the commencement of an

18th century

> war between the United Kingdom and Russia, but it does not appear

on the

> peace treaty at the end of the war.

Nice story, but the definition of England was amended before the
peace treaty so as to include Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Richard.