Re: Ol' Man River (was Re: Lioness and plants)
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- Subject: Re: Ol' Man River (was Re: Lioness and plants)
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 21:41:09 -0700 (MST)
Jeff and Carolyn Walters wrote:
>
> Hi Griff!
> You inquire:
>
> > (And, for heaven's sake, please
> > translate Withlacoochee for us. Who knows when we might run into another
> > one?)
>
> Back in the early part of the last century while a family of settlers was
> waiting to cross an anonymous river down South the squalling and fussing
> youngest member of the clan was giving its mother no end of aggravation, so
> she turned to an old French trapper who happened to be standing nearby and
> asked, "How can I ever make this baby quiet down?", to which he replied
> "With la coochee coochee coo". The name stuck to that river and it has been
> known as such down to the present day, except that it was shortened a bit
> for the convenience of mapmakers.
>
> You asked, and now you know!
>
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
> cwalters@digitalpla.net
Well, Mark -- You're going to be hard put to it to top that one.
Griff Crump jgcrump@erols.com
