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Denise Lockhart Parmentier
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Denise Lockhart | Report | 26 Jul 2007 14:01 |
Legend has it that the name schooner was the result of a spectator exclaiming 'Oh how she scoons', scoon being a Scots word meaning to skip or skim over the water. Robinson replied, 'A schooner let her be.'[1] According to Walter William Skeat, the term schooner comes from the word scoon, while the sch spelling comes from the later adoption of the Dutch and German spellings. (extract - Wikipedia) The Scoon Family of Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, farmed Todshawhill (Hawick) for about 250 years. Contact me to see the Scoon Family Tree |