tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post714165421914164010..comments2024-03-07T12:48:21.070+00:00Comments on MAGONIA REVIEW: BLACK DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-21389719950824603802010-09-13T02:38:16.565+01:002010-09-13T02:38:16.565+01:00Dog gone it! I like it!Dog gone it! I like it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-5043479807518959972010-06-02T12:02:51.970+01:002010-06-02T12:02:51.970+01:00This is one of the author's of the book, David...This is one of the author's of the book, David Waldron. <br /><br />We had heard the story of the ball lightning, but didn't have any real evidence per se to go on and so didn't follow it up. Now that you mention it, it is interesting how the term spirit in the old East Anglian dialect referred to both a ghost-like apparition and to a lightning strike and this follows through as late as the 19th century with Forbes lexicon of the East Anglian dialect making the same observation. <br /><br />It is something that I will look into in more depth as an another angle to take in future editions. We did make the overt choice though, to sidestep the queston of the Black Dog's empirical veracity to look at its social and cultural context for a new slant. I have to say however one cannot help but speculate on both the original event and several centuries of sightings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com