> I don't like to get lost in the marshes. ;-) BTW, Dave, being an "Islander", you probably already know this, but when you're out in the marshes of Plumtree, if you ever see a woman in her late 20's, wearing a white nightgown, calling out the name Billy, you've seen one of Poquoson's ghosts. Local lore has it that Billy (her son) went out towards the marsh during a storm to gather up a cow that went astray. I believe their farm was off of Messick Road and backed right up to the marsh. Anyway, when he was gone too long, the woman (I don't recall her name) went out to look for him. The cow, Billy, nor the woman were ever heard from again. Apparently, this happened sometime in the late 1800's. Also, if you see a Chesapeake Deadrise with a blue hull floating around unattended, stay away. Again, local legend has it that painting your hull blue is making fun of the ocean. Many, many years ago, a Poauoson waterman thumbed his nose at that notion, painted his hull blue, and on his first trip out into the bay, he and his boat were caught up in a freak storm, he was knocked overboard and drowned. Now, the Ocean "trolls" for landlubbers with that blue bottomed deadrise. Those who get too near or actually board the unattended boat are doomed to die at sea. I've got a buddy whose family has been in Poquoson for many generations. He always thought that story was silly. When his granddad died, and my buddy was helping go through granddads things, he came across some looseleaf paper between the pages of his Bible. It was a list of mens names, the date that they boarded the mysterious deadrise with the blue bottom, the date they died, and how. Of the 20 or so names, all of them died, at sea, within a year of running across and boarding that deadrise. By the way, isn't your Dagger blue????? Rick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Dec 06 2002 - 06:15:06 PST
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