The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #11353 Message #4222949
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
20-May-25 - 07:39 PM
Thread Name: I give up. What's a HOGEYE?
Subject: RE: I give up. What's a HOGEYE?
Again, see my previous upthread. None of us have anything but Whall on the subject and it's just not that long a read.
"THIS shanty dates from 1849-50..." and every last darn factoid in the intro that follows.
Whall could not have observed or remembered details down to a specific two-year span all by his lonesome. Most of what can be sorted is just not true.