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...

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