A "blind Pig" was the English equivalent to a "honky-tonk", a "speak easy", a "go-down", a...you get the picture? Regards Jay Underwood :-) > > From: "Elaine English" <aries18@sympatico.ca> > Date: 2007/04/28 Sat PM 10:21:01 EDT > To: <NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [NS-L] "blind pig" > > Hi all, > > Does anyone on the list know what this term refers to? > "Keuka was used as a floating blind pig during the Prohibition era" > > Thanks to Phil for Captain Bloom's Cornpone. > > Cheers, Elaine in landlocked 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 > >From Railfare-DC Books: http://www.railfare.net/From%20Folly%20to%20Fortune.html http://railfare.net/builtforwar.html Visit the Nova Scotia Railway Hall of Fame: http://www.nsrwyhalloffame.com/ Visit the Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society: http://novascotiarailwayheritage.com/