To: redhead
The name is from a Robert Burns poem about a man who sees a witch dressed in a too-short nightdress ("cutty" = Scots for short, "sark" = Scots for shirt). He flees and she chases him; he gets away, but not before she rips off his horse's tail. The Cutty Sark's figurehead depicts this witch and holds a tail of horse hairs.
60 posted on
05/21/2007 12:01:46 AM PDT by
Fabozz
(I plead guilty to contempt of Congress.)
To: Fabozz
The Cutty Sark's figurehead.
62 posted on
05/21/2007 12:24:14 AM PDT by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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