kuku'i ghost

[Alan H. Hartley]

>> Doesn't sound like (even dialect) Spanish. The standard Sp. for 
>> mother-in-law is suegra.
> 
> 
> According to several uncredited Internet sources:
> 
> "El Cucuy [is] a gigantic bogeyman with a crooked back and a large, 
> glowing red ear[s] who is known to come down from his cave in the 
> mountains to carry bad children away."

Boy, I botched that: think before hitting "Send"! (I don't want the 
spirit of my departed mother-in-law to think I'd confused her with a 
bogeyman.) And thanks for coming up with "Cucuy", Justin.

Alan