History of the name stump, stumphole, bootleg, corn versus the label Moonshine (Shine)

This tradition was maintained in the woods of the American south but you had places in the city that made liquor illegally too.  It was more conducive to make spirits in the rural areas and then transport to cities, when it was illegal.  As we the founders are from the south, our perspective will be from that reference.  The name stump and stump hole refers to a hiding place of the finish product for the consumer to pickup, as it could be an old stump, or a hole in the ground, that a jar is placed for a customer to come pick up but to the lay person, it would simply look like a fresh dug hole. Bootleg, is shortened from the word bootlegger, and bootleg was the product the bootlegger made or sold. In our areas, the bootlegger was primarily the distiller but no one knew who the individual was until they were busted and you did not talk about who was the distiller even if you knew.  Corn was the shortened name for corn liquor, but it did not always have the same mash bill as what the government required for today.  Corn was just one of the grains used in fermenting with sugar.  Without sugar or the conversion of a carbohydrate to a sugar, one can’t make alcohol.   Shine was a shortened name for Moonshine and it was used more frequently than.   Moonshine, comes from manufacturing of the product at night time in the woods when it was illegal, and taxes were not being paid.  The last term, in how Shine was referred was unsealed liquor meaning excise taxes were not paid to the authorities.