Thanks John. Amazing what one can learn by asking. And this makes me wonder what other animals roamed Delmarva early on but have been driven out by those hungry English settlers. On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Mike Hitch <mikehitch@mikehitch.com>wrote: > LOL - thx John, and I stand corrected on the lair/pit definition! But, at > least my basic premise was correct... > > Best Regards, > Mike Hitch > "so often times it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never > even know we have the key..." - Eagles (Already Gone) > > -----Original Message----- > From: lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > Johnlyon0@cs.com > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:02 PM > To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LDR] wolf pit ridge > > No, not a lair. A wolf pit was a hole excavated and hidden as a wolf trap. > It was where they got those ears. About a dozen sites containing "Wolf > Pit" > and variants are mentioned in about 50 patents across the Lower Shore. > > Beaver dams were a lot more ubiquitous. 265 instances in my database. > Those > rodents were everywhere. > > John > > "Mike Hitch" <mikehitch@mikehitch.com> wrote: > > >Lots of wolves back in the day (as referenced by the bounty on wolf ears > in > >the old Somerset Judicials) - probably just a reference to a ridge with a > >wolf's lair included....lots of tracts name "Beaver Dams" if I remember > >correctly, as well... > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >