rolling calf
/ˈrəʊlɪŋ ˌkɑːf/Caribbean
noun
A supernatural being in the form of a calf, said to haunt the roads and countryside at night.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal. Probably from rolling + calf, with reference either to the calf's wandering or to the sound made as it moves.
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