tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post3726154506401521068..comments2024-03-28T05:28:46.610-04:00Comments on NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE: Nix's Mate: Pirates, a Curse, and Dutch Water SpiritsPeter Muisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939949561996555115noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-57635742628234052922020-10-04T10:30:13.570-04:002020-10-04T10:30:13.570-04:00Thanks for the great post, Peter! I had not heard ...Thanks for the great post, Peter! I had not heard about his place before, interesting!Rich Clabaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915392348153309406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-86150056980900204322009-08-08T13:01:01.514-04:002009-08-08T13:01:01.514-04:00The same thing happened to Billingsgate Island, ju...The same thing happened to Billingsgate Island, just south of Jeremy's Point, Wellfleet, adjacent to Eastham on the Cape. But it sank beneath the water and it's buildings floated over to the Cape itself on rafts because the early settlers cut down all the trees. Simple erosion!<br /><br />(The whole Cape, indeed nearly the whole country east of the Mississippi, was one huge forest when Europeans arrived and began hacking and burning all the trees away under the rubrick of "improving" the land. Pity.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com