Re: Scucca

Well, a lot of the original settlers in the Eastern states were from Eastern
England and the "Shuck" is an ancient term, so it's more than likely that
they took the legend with them. It's worth noting that "shock" or "shuck" is
a very widespread legent all over England.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "caeruleancentaur" <caeruleancentaur@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: Scucca


> >Michael Poxon <mike@...> wrote:
>
>>In this part of the world we have a ghostly black dog called "Black
>>Shuck" who has been seen on numerous occasions. In the West of the
>>county in the Fens, a local brweery has him as their logo, and a
>>marathon held at Bungay (Norfolk-Suffolk border) is called the "Black
> Dog marathon", named after him.
>
> There is a Black Dog wine made by the Chateau Morisetter Winery here in
> the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
>
> Charlie
>