----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine English" Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:21 PM Subject: [NS-L] "blind pig" > Does anyone on the list know what this term refers to? > "Keuka was used as a floating blind pig during the Prohibition era" Was "Keuka" a boat? Ship? If so, perhaps was used as a "blind pig", which has already been identified by Jay and Bob. Given the time and the NS coastline, I wouldn't be surprised to learn a boat was used as such. Many normally law-abiding citizens were bootleggers during this period. I personally knew one family who were during Prohibition, plus for many years afterward. They always seem to know when the RCMP were coming to raid them. They would hide their wares in the beds with their children. The wife would tell the police if they woke the children there would be h*ll to pay. Mountie would just open the bedroom doors, look in, then close the doors again. Toni ~ Ontario

And all these years I thought a 'blind pig' was VISUALLY IMPAIRED SEXIST FELLOW :>) On 4/29/07, Trena <amheater@cogeco.ca> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elaine English" > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:21 PM > Subject: [NS-L] "blind pig" > > > > Does anyone on the list know what this term refers to? > > "Keuka was used as a floating blind pig during the Prohibition era" > > Was "Keuka" a boat? Ship? If so, perhaps was used as a "blind pig", > which > has already been identified by Jay and Bob. Given the time and the NS > coastline, I wouldn't be surprised to learn a boat was used as such. Many > normally law-abiding citizens were bootleggers during this period. I > personally knew one family who were during Prohibition, plus for many > years > afterward. They always seem to know when the RCMP were coming to raid > them. > They would hide their wares in the beds with their children. The wife > would > tell the police if they woke the children there would be h*ll to pay. > Mountie would just open the bedroom doors, look in, then close the doors > again. > > Toni ~ Ontario > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >