Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Wordles Wednesday




How Jockey's Ridge got it's name: The horses got here from shipwrecks off shore. Jockey's Ridge is where people wold sit to watch the horse races go by.

Nag's Head is a tad more eery: Pirates would tie lamps to the horse's heads - nags - and then walk them around. The ships out at sea would see the lights and think it was a harbor. They'd turn in, run aground and then be robbed by the pirates with the lights.

(As seen on plaques at Jockey's Ridge in Nag's Head, NC.)

3 comments:

Lisa said...

cool pics!! we love Nags Head!!

Dawn E said...

Makes me think, "Weeeeeeee..." :) Very cool; thanks for sharing!

Paige said...

I've been there and it was lots of fun! Hope you had a great time, thanks for sharing.