Hi Elaine: A blind pig was an establishment that illegally provided alcoholic beverages. The difference between a speakeasy and a blind pig was that a speakeasy was usually a higher class establishment, where a blind pig was a lower class dive. [Abstracted from Wikipedia]. -----Bob H----- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine English" <aries18@sympatico.ca> To: <NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:21 PM 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.1/777 - Release Date: 4/26/2007 > 3:23 PM > >