Jim Crutchfield wrote:
> All animals need salt. ...  The Appalachians are full of towns with  
> "lick" in the name.  One of Virginia's principal cities, Roanoke,  
> was originally named "Big Lick" but when it incorporated in the  
> 1880s the boosters thought it should have a more attractive name.
>

Then how did French Lick, Indiana get its name?

Ed Minch
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