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FourWinds F
FourWinds May 27, 2006 10:31:11
Replying to goffik

In some dialects it is Crock ... as in <i>crock of shit</i>, which means pile or hill of shit, not a bowl of shit.

It is my theory that the Leprechaun's Crock of Gold actually related to a hill of gold and <i>not</i> a pot of gold. I think it comes from people digging up barrows and finding gold - hence Crock or Hill of Gold.

G goffik
goffik May 27, 2006 16:59:22
Replying to FourWinds

> It is my theory that the Leprechaun's Crock of Gold actually related to a hill of gold

Excellent example! Out of interest - where are leprechaun's generally supposed to live?

I wonder if it's also anything to do with "currick"?

"Curricks are small enclosures made from stones. They were used by shepherds as lookout points."

Maybe? Maybe not...

G x

L Littlestone
Littlestone May 27, 2006 19:43:02
Replying to FourWinds

If I traveled to the end of the rainbow
As Dame Fortune did intend,
Murphy would be there to tell me
The pot's at the other end.

Bert Whitney

:-)