I was combing through "Yankee Talk: A Dictionary of New England Expressions" by Robert Hendrickson again and was surprised to find I overlooked three mythical animal listings. Here they are:
Filliloo bird -An imaginary bird of Maine fables that flies backward to see where it's been or to keep the wind out of its face.
Glauackus - The name of an imaginary monster first reported in Connecticut in 1939, when a wire service story told of a mysterious beast variously resembling a lion, panther or boar, among all sorts of descriptions, that terrified the people of Glastonbury. It has been sighted since by all sorts of people except skeptics.
Witherlick - A mythical animal of the lumber camps
No globsters listed. Aren't you glad we straightened this out?
Regarding yesterday's post, I bet you didn't know Maggie was a Zen Master, did you?
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