HW: Hawkfest, public transportation

Jill Strobridge jill at THETA-ORIONIS.FREESERVE.CO.UK
Thu Jul 31 15:56:17 EDT 2003


> P.S.  Did anyone else notice that a tributary (or vice versa) of the
> Wyre near St. Michaels is called Brock (River/Creek/whatever)?

Brock - Celtic/gaelic form of badger derived from breac - speckled or
variegated, especially in black and white (this close to Cumbria some
Gaelic placenames will still be lurking around the landscape).

sorry -  knee-jerk reaction there 8-)
jill
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