kuku'i ghost
Alan H. Hartley
ahartley at d.umn.edu
Fri Sep 2 20:48:29 UTC 2005
>> 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
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