Down Home Sayings
John Ricketson
I would like to suggest a possible thread (apologies if it has been
done before my time): Down-Home Sayings. By that I mean those really
illustrative phrases, obscene or otherwise, that very directly &
succinctly convey the meaning, that are usually found in rural areas,
and Appalachia in particular, such as: "Slick as grass through a
goose", "useful (useless) as breasts on a boar hawg", "scarce as hen's
teeth", etc. Cityfolk have little or no understanding of such
expressions due to _their_ different life experience.
Regards,
JHR
[J.H. Ricketson in San Pablo, war...@pacbell.net]
Joe Justice Sr
Is a Pigs Ass Pork?
Don Specht wrote in message <34d2fb13...@nntp.ix.netcom.com>...
>On Thu, 29 Jan 1998 18:39:00 GMT, nu...@nevermind.com (John Ricketson)
>wrote:
>
>>I would like to suggest a possible thread (apologies if it has been
>>done before my time): Down-Home Sayings. By that I mean those really
>>illustrative phrases, obscene or otherwise, that very directly &
>>succinctly convey the meaning, that are usually found in rural areas,
>>and Appalachia in particular, such as: "Slick as grass through a
>>goose", "useful (useless) as breasts on a boar hawg", "scarce as hen's
>>teeth", etc. Cityfolk have little or no understanding of such
>>expressions due to _their_ different life experience.
>
>
>--
>dspecht at ix dot netcom dot com
>
> There's more ham's on a hog than you think there are.
Seth Williamson
In article <34d2fb13...@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
dsp...@three.legged.cat says...
> >I would like to suggest a possible thread (apologies if it has been
> >done before my time): Down-Home Sayings. By that I mean those really
> >illustrative phrases, obscene or otherwise, that very directly &
> >succinctly convey the meaning, that are usually found in rural areas,
> >and Appalachia in particular, such as: "Slick as grass through a
> >goose", "useful (useless) as breasts on a boar hawg", "scarce as hen's
> >teeth", etc. Cityfolk have little or no understanding of such
> >expressions due to _their_ different life experience.
"Slicker'n deer guts on a door knob." Used that one on the radio the
other day about the slippery roads and it seemed to get a good response.
--
Seth Williamson
Floyd, VA
USA
Ejucaided Redneck
John Ricketson wrote:
>
> Some of the old people down here, talking about someone lusting after some superfluous luxury would say they needed it "about as much as a tomcat needs a marriage license."
I heard my grandfather once describe a son-in-law, who he perceived as
utterly lazy as "the most do-less man I ever seen."
My great aunt said to me once, when I had done her some favor, "Bobby
Lee, I'll thank you until you get better pay."
One of my uncles tried to pay someone from his church for some sevice
rendered, and the guy said, "Now Brother Conley, don't try and steal my
blessing."
"The rooster crows, but the hen lays the egg."
Heard an old timer once say a room was so small "you couldn't yell at a
cat without getting a mouthful of fur."
I heard someone say once, in explaining to another person their plans
were not very practical, "Son you're driving your ducks toward a mighty
poor pond."
Something totally out of place is sometimes described around here as
"like socks on a rooster."
"Busier than a set of jumper cables at an Afro-American funeral" (only
the guy didn't say "Afro-American)
Patrick L. Humphrey
In article <19980130020...@ladder02.news.aol.com> newbo...@aol.com (NewBobCity) writes:
>Here's a few, not all that good, I'm afraid --
[...]
> It's hotter than 400 hells.
That one's been passed down from my grandparents, via my mother, slightly
mutated to "hotter than hell stewed down to a half-pint".
(One other one that I'll contribute: for something whose duration is dubious,
it'll "last about as long as Pat was in the Army". I never have been able to
figure out the origin of _that_ one.)
--PLH, who never was in the military, so it's not a reference to me, at least
:-)
lc...@neumedia.net
In article <34d2cc43...@news.pacbell.net>, nu...@nevermind.com (John
Ricketson) wrote: > > I would like to suggest a possible thread (apologies
if it has been > done before my time): Down-Home Sayings. By that I mean
those really > illustrative phrases, obscene or otherwise, that very directly
& > succinctly convey the meaning, that are usually found in rural areas, >
and Appalachia in particular, such as: "Slick as grass through a > goose",
"useful (useless) as breasts on a boar hawg", "scarce as hen's > teeth", etc.
Cityfolk have little or no understanding of such > expressions due to
Ricketson in San Pablo, war...@pacbell.net] I like this thread, and it'll
help me illustrate a little incident that happened to me today.... I left my
keys on the table and come in a gnat's whisker of locking myself out of the
house. Good thing I didn't, or I'd have been cold as a kraut frog, and then
I'd have been mad as fire. "Gnat's whisker is one of my dad's favorites, as
it has multiple uses-- he uses it as an expletive, too-- "Well I'll be a
gnat's whisker!!" Lois in WV
willeki...@hotmail.com
On Thu, 29 Jan 1998 18:39:00 GMT, nu...@nevermind.com (John Ricketson)
wrote:
>I would like to suggest a possible thread (apologies if it has been
>done before my time): Down-Home Sayings. [snip]
>JHR
>
>[J.H. Ricketson in San Pablo, war...@pacbell.net]
On someone lacking in smarts: He/she hasn't got enough sense to tote
guts to a bear.
On a female who has made a bad marriage: She sure drove her ducks to
a bad market.
Darrell Arnold
How about "Is a frogs ass watertight?" or "If a frog had wings he
wouldn't bump his ass when he hops!"
Joe Justice Sr wrote:
>
> Is a Pigs Ass Pork?
> Don Specht wrote in message <34d2fb13...@nntp.ix.netcom.com>...
> >On Thu, 29 Jan 1998 18:39:00 GMT, nu...@nevermind.com (John Ricketson)
> >wrote:
> >
> >>I would like to suggest a possible thread (apologies if it has been
> >>done before my time): Down-Home Sayings. By that I mean those really
> >>illustrative phrases, obscene or otherwise, that very directly &
> >>succinctly convey the meaning, that are usually found in rural areas,
> >>and Appalachia in particular, such as: "Slick as grass through a
> >>goose", "useful (useless) as breasts on a boar hawg", "scarce as hen's
> >>teeth", etc. Cityfolk have little or no understanding of such
> >>expressions due to _their_ different life experience.
> >
wanderer
Down home sayings
<snip>
A programmer from Rogersville used to say 'That dog won't
hunt'., when I came up with an computer idea that didn't work. He used
to 'build a cup of coffee'. Come in late to work 'You can't soar with
the eagles ifn you can't scratch with the chickens.'
He called his guitar, a big Gibson, his AX and sang an off color song
called 'Maggies drawers' that brought tears to my eyes, might have been
his voice! ;-))>
Well its a start
Norm
Kyle England
Hello all,
Just thought I'd contribute my $0.02 worth. I know some fellows who
always say, when asked how they're doing, one of these two things:
"Finer than a frog's hair, split three ways."
"Finer than Bruton Snuff."
My mom always says about someone who's shifty: "He's crookeder than a
dog's back leg."
Oh yeah, she also always says, "flatter than a flitter-cake." Does
anyone know what a "flitter" or "flitter-cake" is? Is it just a
figure of speech, or does such a beast exist? :-)
In closing, I don't know if this is considered "down home," but I do
remember guys who grew up with me who would say this about something
they ate that was really good: "It's so good it'll make you slap your
granny."
This is a great thread. It'll be cool to see what else everyone comes
up with! :-)
Sincerely,
Kyle
------------------------------------------------------
Kyle England
Please remove "NOSPAM" from my email address to reply to me
personally.
NewBobCity
Here's a few, not all that good, I'm afraid --
Some old feller I used to work with always compared everything to "Moody's
goose", like,
He's faster than Moody's goose, or
She's meaner than Moody's goose.
(It didn't matter what the activity was, as long as he could get "Moody's
goose" in there somewhere.)
Some others preserved and handed down through the family:
He's dumb as a stump (or dumb as a fence post).
It's hotter than 400 hells.
Throw some glass in that pneumonie hole! (car window)
Close the door! Were you raised in a barn?
Who died?! (bad smell)
Uglier than home-made sin.
So nervous he couldn't find his ass with both hands and a road map.
Empty wagons rattle (somebody who talks a lot without saying anything)
Governor Bob
(king of the empty wagons)
Complete text of the New Bob State of the Union Message at:
http://www.angelfire.com/nm/NewBobAnnex
Edro311
Always heard some folks who did something stupid described as, "Dumber than a
coal bucket"
Ed
NewBobCity
Not really "down home" sayings, but here's some from
the late Southern philosopher Brother Dave Gardner --
"Let those that don't want none...have memories of not
gettin' any. And, let that not be their punishment, but
their reward."
"Complaint is poverty, gratitude is riches, and the worst
I ever had was wonderful."
"Love your enemies and drive them nuts."
"Remember, it don't make NOOOOOOOOO, difference
as long as you can say, "what was that?"
"...and if you love the south, say GLORY!"
"Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter."
Respectfully,
Bob Bobola, Governor
Governors Mansion
Septic City Trailer Park, Space 45
New Bob City, NB OU812
(...and if you love New Bob, say GLORY!)
NewBobCity
"Eat some blackeyed peas and fried banana,
smoke me a seegar from Havana,
I'll be the King of Louisiana"
(It's gonna be) PAYDAY Porter Wagoner
Thomas L. Andrews
John Ricketson wrote:
>
> I would like to suggest a possible thread (apologies if it has been
> done before my time): Down-Home Sayings. By that I mean those really
> illustrative phrases, obscene or otherwise, that very directly &
> succinctly convey the meaning, that are usually found in rural areas,
> and Appalachia in particular, such as: "Slick as grass through a
> goose", "useful (useless) as breasts on a boar hawg", "scarce as hen's
> teeth", etc. Cityfolk have little or no understanding of such
> expressions due to _their_ different life experience.
>
Remember the "old Timers" saying about politicians around election
time. "Jest like squirrels, the woods is full of them"....Tommy
Thomas L. Andrews
Patrick L. Humphrey wrote:
>
> In article <19980130020...@ladder02.news.aol.com> newbo...@aol.com (NewBobCity) writes:
>
>
>
> > It's hotter than 400 hells.
>
> mutated to "hotter than hell stewed down to a half-pint".
>
> (One other one that I'll contribute: for something whose duration is dubious,
> it'll "last about as long as Pat was in the Army". I never have been able to
> figure out the origin of _that_ one.)
>
> --PLH, who never was in the military, so it's not a reference to me, at least
> :-)
How 'bout...How ya' feeling this morning granny? Granny: 'bout as low
down as whale shit, sonny boy.
Lmgriffith
How about "he's a few bricks shy of a load" or" she's built like a brick
outhouse"? Lillian
Ejucaided Redneck
Kyle England wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> Just thought I'd contribute my $0.02 worth. I know some fellows who
> always say, when asked how they're doing, one of these two things:
>
> "Finer than a frog's hair, split three ways."
> "Finer than Bruton Snuff."
>
> My mom always says about someone who's shifty: "He's crookeder than a
> dog's back leg."
>
> Oh yeah, she also always says, "flatter than a flitter-cake." Does
> anyone know what a "flitter" or "flitter-cake" is? Is it just a
> figure of speech, or does such a beast exist? :-)
>
it was a corruption of the word "fritter," and referred to a sweet sort
of fried pan bread.
Damn.
Wish I had one right now...
Ejucaided Redneck
Remembered another one, used by my grandmother:
"As ragged as Coxey's Army."
Extra points to anyone who knows what this referenced.
I'll post the answer below.
Ejucaided Redneck
Give up?
"Coxey's Army" was the veteran's who marched on D.C. (in the early
thirties I think; it's too early to fetch out reference books) demanding
their Congressionally promised bonus from WW I.
Clyde"the"Guide
John Ricketson wrote:
>
> I would like to suggest a possible thread (apologies if it has been
> done before my time): Down-Home Sayings. By that I mean those really
> illustrative phrases, obscene or otherwise, that very directly &
> succinctly convey the meaning, that are usually found in rural areas,
> and Appalachia in particular, such as: "Slick as grass through a
> goose", "useful (useless) as breasts on a boar hawg", "scarce as hen's
> teeth", etc. Cityfolk have little or no understanding of such
> expressions due to _their_ different life experience.
>
> Regards,
>
> JHR
>
> [J.H. Ricketson in San Pablo, war...@pacbell.net]
Referring to good food:
"So good it would make a rabbit spit in a bulldog's eye."
Referring to chewing too loudly:
"You sound like a hog in a coal pile."
Referring to disobedient children:
"You do that again and I'll slap you plumb into next week!"
Unknown
"You've rode that wagon till the wheels have fallen off!" (When someone
is sick and tired of hearing you whine about something.)
"Won't pull a greasy string out of a cat's ass" (referring to a slow
car)
"Your gravy is so bad that the dog licked its butt to get the taste
out of it's mouth!" (Bad cooking)
"You've got a mind like a cutworm!" (You're smart.)
"For God's sake honey, keep it under your hat. (This is a secret.)
Penny Freshwater
how about:
she's tougher than woodpecker lips?
Unknown
How about,"He's tougher than a pine knot."
Heathen
Wasn't Coxey's army a group of world war one vets who wanted their money
earley because of hard times and the rich polticans in warshington sent
Mac Arthor to kik them out of the capitol?
Tom Scalf
In article <34d1c...@news.randori.com>, rls...@mis.net wrote:
>Remembered another one, used by my grandmother:
>
> "As ragged as Coxey's Army."
>
> Extra points to anyone who knows what this referenced.
>
> I'll post the answer below.
I think it referred to a Civil War confererate regiment.
But, we all know things that are:
"Finer than frog's hair"
or
"Scarce as hen's teeth".
And how about that nice girl down the road, the one your mom wanted you
to go out with. You know who i'm talking about, she looked like she had
been
"Beat with an ugly stick"
Of course, you wanted to go out with her sister, who was
"built like a brick shithouse".
Then there was the one who
"looked like she had been rode hard and put away wet"
Did you ever know anybody who was
"so skinny they had to turn around twice to throw a shadow"
or was so tight with their money that they'ed
"squeeze a nickle 'til the buffalo shit"
More later.
---------------------------------------------
Things I've learned from children (honest and
no kidding):
Legos will pass through the digestive tract of a four-year-old.
Duplos will not.
Tom Scalf tsca...@dc.net
http://www.dc.net/tscalfjr/default.html
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NewBobCity
Heathen <1re...@csrlink.net> writes:
>Wasn't Coxey's army a group of world war one vets who wanted their
>money earley because of hard times and the rich polticans in warshington
>sent Mac Arthor to kik them out of the capitol?
Hmmm. Wonder if this could happen at New Bob City? Anybody got this Mac Arthor
guy's home phone number?
Respectfully,
Bob Bobola, Governor
Governors Mansion
Septic City Trailer Park, Space 45
New Bob City, New Bob OU812
See the State of the State Speech at:
http://www.angelfire.com/nm/NewBobAnnex
NewBobCity
and a variation --
"Beat to death with the ugly stick!"
ho...@nbnet.nb.ca
>>>I would like to suggest a possible thread (apologies if it has been
>>>done before my time): Down-Home Sayings. By that I mean those really
>>>illustrative phrases, obscene or otherwise, that very directly &
>>>succinctly convey the meaning, that are usually found in rural areas,
>>>and Appalachia in particular, such as: "Slick as grass through a
>>>goose", "useful (useless) as breasts on a boar hawg", "scarce as hen's
>>>teeth", etc. Cityfolk have little or no understanding of such
>>>expressions due to _their_ different life experience.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>JHR
>>>
>>>[J.H. Ricketson in San Pablo, war...@pacbell.net]
in Alabama they say about someone they don't like "i would'nt piss on
him if he was on fire"...in new jersey they say "i would'nt piss in
his mouth if his guts were on fire"
other bama sayings I've heard
he's as warm as cancer
serious as a heart attack
she's so ugly she'd make a freight train take a dirt road
yeah, and if a frog had wings it would'nt bump it's ass on the ground
and the so over used, ya barley ever hear it anymore "fast as a new
york minute"
NewBobCity
My Friends ... and you are My Friends -- a couple of you, anyway,
I'm so excited I almost dropped by big orange drink in the latrine! Boys, I've
done hit possum!! (or pay dirt, as yankees say).
Found 2 more great bluegrass sites:
1. Traditional bluegrass (and other) guitar MIDIs. (Yep, "Flop Eared Mule"'s
there.), and...
2. The very best bluegrass site I've seen so far for listening with Real Audio.
Shows all start out with Minnie Pearl screaming "Hoooooowdeeeeee!!!" (Keep your
hand on the volume knob.) My personal favor-ite song of all time, "We Had Bill
Monroe for Breakfast," is on one of their 50+ archived shows.
I'll just bet you're a-wond'ring what the URL's are, ain't ye?
Well, I'm going to do like they do on the Channel 6
Dim-Witness News:
"Just a minute ... (put finger to fake earphone)... We've got
a breaking story, and we can't confirm that ... (pause)...
hundreds of people weren't blown to smithereens right
here in Piggly Wiggly Valley. You want to know
what happened? Stay with us! We'll tell you what
happened ..." (3-minutes worth of commercials)
Don't you hate those?! Then when they come back they show some cat trapped up
in a tree, like cat's don't have legs! If you ask me they probably threw that
cat up there themselves...
Anyway, as I was saying, I've already put the links at:
http://angelfire.com/nm/NewBobAnnex
(since I lost the password to the original site -- RIP).
There's 47 hits now -- most of 'em mine. Be interesting
to see how many music lovers hit the site over the weekend.
Respectfully,
Bob Bob-ola, Governor of New Bob
Governor's Mansion
Septic City Trailer Park, Space 45
New Bob City, New Bob OU812
http://www.angelfire.com/nm/NewBobAnnex
"...we'll be right back after these words..."
Joe Justice Sr
That Feller is slicker than snot on a doornob.
Thomas L. Andrews wrote in message <6asc23$k5g$1...@208.11.19.63>...
FarmerDill
>
>> (One other one that I'll contribute: for something whose duration is
>dubious,
>> it'll "last about as long as Pat was in the Army". I never have been able
>to
>> figure out the origin of _that_ one.)
That one probably came from one of the Pat and Mike stories that made up much
of the Humor of my parent's generation. My favorite was the promise of a quick
response ie I'll be there in two shakes of a dead sheeps tail.
Dill
FarmerDill
>
>On someone lacking in smarts: He/she hasn't got enough sense to tote
>guts to a bear.
>
>O
Variant on my hill was "hasn't got the sense to bell a buzzard"
Dill
FarmerDill
>>"Beat with an ugly stick"
>
>a
Reminds me of the fellow who was so lazy he wouldn't hit a lick at at snake
with a stick which was often shortened to wouldn't hit a lick.
Dill
FarmerDill
>
>Referring to good food:
>
> "So good it would make a rabbit spit in a bulldog's eye."
>
>
Another variant from my misspent youth. " so good it'll make your tongue slap
your brains out"
Dill
John D. Wilson
Busier than a one-armed paper hanger...
Or, busier than a one-legged man at an ass-kickin'...
And one my father used: He was so ugly they had to tie a pork chop
around his neck to get the dogs to play with him.
fin...@hotmail.com
"Feelin' finer than a frog hair split four ways."
"She looks finer than a new set of snow tires."
"If I'm alyin', I'm adyin'."
And a retort to somebody that uses a lot of foul language: "Is that
the same mouth you kiss your mother with?"
"You look like you been rode hard and put up wet."
One I heard on the CB radio in my trucking days: "That's your ass
talking 'cause your mouth knows better."
NewBobCity
fin...@hotmail.com writes:
>"She looks finer than a new set of snow tires."
Reminds me about 20 years ago a co-worker was showing me his new Jeep. He
pointing out how new it was and said...
"Ain't even wore the tits off the tars!"
Still laugh about that!
Bob Bobola, Governor of New Bob
(y'all know my whole address...)
http://www.angelfire.com/nm/NewBobAnnex
Tarheelg
How about.....Slick enough to slide on barb wire. Sharp enough to stick in
the ground. Green enough to grow.
jerry johnston
John Ricketson wrote:
> I would like to suggest a possible thread (apologies if it has been
I guess you've heard about the brass monkey in the cold.
Tom Scalf
In article <19980131042...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, newbo...@aol.com (NewBobCity) wrote:
>
>"Beat to death with the ugly stick!"
>
>Guv Bob
>http://www.angelfire.com/nm/NewBobAnnex
>
>
Yeh! That's her! Her daddy had to tie a porkchop around her neck to
get the dog to play with 'er
Joe Justice Sr
Finer than a frog hair and only half as stiff.
fin...@hotmail.com wrote in message <34d41a49...@news.inu.net>...
>On 30 Jan 1998 05:31:34 GMT, newbo...@aol.com (NewBobCity) wrote:
>
>>"Eat some blackeyed peas and fried banana,
>> smoke me a seegar from Havana,
>> I'll be the King of Louisiana"
>>
>> (It's gonna be) PAYDAY Porter Wagoner
>>
>"Feelin' finer than a frog hair split four ways."
>
>
Joe Justice Sr
Michael Flack
And I even hesitate to say this one but, in the interest of free speech and
keeping this genuine appy slang thread alive, how bout:
Shiverin' like a dog shittin peach pits.....
"Onward and Upward
Russ Metz....Bath County News"
Donald W. Canaday
keng...@NOSPAM.bellsouth.net (Kyle England),Usenet1 writes:
>Oh yeah, she also always says, "flatter than a flitter-cake." Does
>anyone know what a "flitter" or "flitter-cake" is? Is it just a
>figure of speech, or does such a beast exist? :-)
>I
When I was a kid, flitter cakes were made from flour and water mixed
and fried up, a lot thinner than a pan cake. A stack of those with
cow butter and kayro syrup was finger licking good. Don't know,
this may be the same beast.
Donald W. Canaday
bl...@exis.net (Joe Justice Sr),Usenet1 writes:
>From: "Joe Justice Sr" <bl...@exis.net>
>Subject: Re: Down Home Sayings
>Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:37:33 -0500
>Is a Pigs Ass Pork?
>Don Specht wrote in message <34d2fb13...@nntp.ix.netcom.com>...
>Is a Pigs Ass Pork?
Unless he sits on it, than its pressed ham :-)
DMSnake
>Tough as a Wang.
Is this a Tennessee thing? When I was (briefly!) in college 30-some years ago,
there was a guy from Rogersville down the hall, and his comparison for
EVERYTHING was "whang." Like:
It's cold as whang out there.
It's hotter than whang today.
That girl is as ugly as whang.
I'm mad as whang.
etc. etc.
Snake
Lmgriffith
Better than snuff and not near as dusty
Teresa Hughes
I heard this one the other day "happy as a new born tick on a fat
hound"
On 2 Feb 1998 15:56:14 GMT, tarh...@aol.com (Tarheelg) wrote:
>How about.....Slick enough to slide on barb wire. Sharp enough to stick in
>the ground. Green enough to grow.
--
Phyllis Moore
I think "kick the bucket" came from the fact cows somtimes kick the
milk bucket over as the farmer milks, and that is the end of the milk.
Not sure.
I like "he lives up the holler far as you can stick a knife"
John Ricketson
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:24:34 -0500, Heathen <1re...@csrlink.net>
wrote:
>Wasn't Coxey's army a group of world war one vets who wanted their money
>earley because of hard times and the rich polticans in warshington sent
>Mac Arthor to kik them out of the capitol?
I think those were known as the "Bonus Marchers", so-called because a
promised Vet's bonus was, predictably, not paid.
JHR
Lmgriffith
She's so ugly she'd make a freight train take a dirt road!
Lmgriffith
She's so ugly she'd make a freight train take a dirt road.
Phyllis Moore
1. got hit by a big ugly stic
2. big enough to fight bear with a switch
3. wood's colt=a baby born to an unmarried woman
come-along boy/girl = a baby born to an unmarried woman
My father once remarked of a relative "she turned out pretty good for a
come-along girl"
wanderer
In article <19980205122...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
lmgri...@aol.com says...
>
>She's so ugly she'd make a freight train take a dirt road.
Reminds me of some of th spam we see, its so ugly make a computer take a
dirt road. (sorry best I could on an empty stomach!)
Norm
Jane Gallion
eri...@netcom.com wrote:
> For when someone is whining the 'if only blues'...
>
> ....and if the dog hadn't stopped to pee, he would've caught the rabbit.
. . . and if a toad had wings, he wdnt hit his ass on the ground when
he hops.
--Jane
Stickman
In article <34da0ec7...@news.pacbell.net>, nu...@nevermind.com (John
Ricketson) wrote:
Coxey's Army was an 'army' of unemployed men & women who marched on the
Capital in 1894 to bring attention to the uh, glaring shortcomings of
capitalism of the day (sounds familiar, huh?). the long & sort of it is
that the turnout was less than those involved had hoped. hence the said
phrase...
take it easy, but take it,
S.
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Lmgriffith
Speaking of a flitter cake, my dad used to make us hoecake and johnnycake. One
was corn meal and the other flour. Can't remember which is which. Anytime he
made stew it was always "Mulligan Stew". Seems to me the recipe changed
constantly. Anyone else have "Mulligan Stew" or know what it was supposed to
be?
wanderer
In article <19980207053...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
lmgri...@aol.com says...
I remember Mulligan stew, mom and grandmom made it. I think it
came from the time when the Irish potato famine hit. The Irish, Mulligan
would eat any thing. So the name came to mean a stew of anything, even
shoe leather. I remember my grandad talking of a Mulligan, seemed to
mean a fight or something like that. Perhaps a stew you had to fight to
eat.
I remember the Jonny cakes. Best of all I remember slow cooked
wood stove Pinto Beans, fresh maters(tomatoes) and fresh bread. Not a
rich man's food but what we ate. Cofee cooked on a wood stove cooked
slower and filled the house with wonder smells. Now I am hungry.
Norm nlp...@nwrain.com
FarmerDill
>
> I remember Mulligan stew, mom and grandmom made it. I think it
>came from the time when the Irish potato famine hit. The Irish, Mulligan
>would eat any thing. So the name came to mean a stew of anything, even
>shoe leather. I remember my grandad talking of a Mulligan, seemed to
>mean a fight or something like that. Perhaps a stew you had to fight to
>eat.
>
>
Sounds reasonable as it is a throw everything in pot stew. A thicker version of
"white rock" soup.
Dill
Lmgriffith
How 'bout some fried taters and a quart of home canned pork stewed down in an
iron skillet to go with those beans? Oh, man, you have flung a craving on me!!
I can smell that slow perked coffee. I always liked to go to the pie safe and
get a cold bisquit and go by the garden and get me a 'mater and a couple of
spring onions and go for a walk all by myself. You could always find a spring
for a drink of cold mountain water. Wiped that 'mater on my pants and skinned
the onion with my fingernail. Uh-oh. Doesn't sound very ladylike, does it?
Tell you what. I'd still stick my mouth down in that spring and slurp if I
could! Lillian
Joanne Walker
Similar hesitation, but: "Couldn't make a plug for a dog's ass#%&* with
a shit for a pattern".
NewBobCity
Phylli...@wvwise.org (Phyllis Moore) writes:
>"kick the bucket"
Grandmother used to say, "one of these days I'm going to kick." And sure
enough, she "kicked" three years ago at the age of 99-1/2.
When she would talk about one of her friends passing away, she'd say, "Well,
old man McKinley passed out."
We got her an electric stove, but she only used it as a cabinet. Never used it
hardly at all. Cooked all that stuff that's "not good for you" on her wood
stove. Loved to pour on the salt and cook with lots of bacon grease. Think
about her every time smell somebody cooking over a wood fire.
By popular demand, added another link on the home page (below) where you can
see the O-fficial State Flag of New Bob and learn more about Elmer's Glue-All
at the same time!
Respectfully and a little bit hongry,
Bob Bobola, Governor
Governors Mansion
Septic City Trailer Park, Space 45
New Bob City, New Bob OU812
http://www.angelfire.com/nm/NewBobAnnex
(how bout handin them taters back down here)
wanderer
<snip> Yep the old folks knew how to cook.
>(how bout handin them taters back down here)
<got pleanty taters> I'll stay til you run outta ketchup!
Norm
HENGEMOM
>Anyone else have "Mulligan Stew" or know what it was supposed to
>be?
dont know about mulligan stew but mom used to make something she called
"slumgullian" (unknown spelling). it appeared to be the contents of the fridge
and the cellar combined ----with gravy! she is a good cook, dont get me wrong,
but this was not a pretty dish.of course ,when your feedin 11 kids looks dont
count for much.
have you heard---- "if brains were dynamite you wouldnt have enuff to blow your
nose"---------one of my dads favorites (among the printable ones).
Larry Wood
If you add a big ol green onion or a slice of a white onion you got yourself
a meal.
Lmgriffith
Yep, we had slumgullion, too. Had forgotten all about it. My dad said the one
about nose, too. I agree that it's one of the printables. Lillian
Donald W. Canaday
A couple I remember...
Sharp as a tack with a head to match
We were so poor, daddy had to cut the pockets out of our britches at
Christmas, just so we would have something to play with.
Arnold & Jennifer Pomerance
John Ricketson wrote:
>
> I would like to suggest a possible thread (apologies if it has been
> done before my time): Down-Home Sayings. By that I mean those really
> illustrative phrases, obscene or otherwise, that very directly &
> succinctly convey the meaning, that are usually found in rural areas,
> and Appalachia in particular, such as: "Slick as grass through a
> goose", "useful (useless) as breasts on a boar hawg", "scarce as hen's
> teeth", etc. Cityfolk have little or no understanding of such
> expressions due to _their_ different life experience.
>
I had friend who would say we were "having a cow" if we were laughing
hard. These days we're more likely to used "ROTFLMAO".
Jennifer Pomerance
Oak Ridge, Tn.
*"Is that seat saved?" "No, but we're praying for it."*
gwar...@zoomnet.net
>
>
> I had friend who would say we were "having a cow" if we were laughing
> hard. These days we're more likely to used "ROTFLMAO".
>
> Jennifer Pomerance
> Oak Ridge, Tn.
> *"Is that seat saved?" "No, but we're praying for it."*
Not sure where it came from, but in relation to coming in last or coming up
short, you were frequently left "sucking on hind tit." I never could
understand this, unless it was in reference to animals who had more off spring
than spigots to handle them.
jerry
Phyllis Moore
Another one I like is "sleep tight". If the cords on rope beds were
not tight, sleepers would sag.
If anyone wants titles of books with "our" sayings, I can list a few
titles.
Roy Ronan
Joanne Walker <jhw...@scescape.net> wrote:
not quite a appalachan saying, but Lyndon Johnson was reputed to have
said that he had "generals that were so dumb that they couldn't pour
piss out of a boot if they had the instructions printed on the heel"!!
Roy
Never pour coffee into a black cup in a dark kitchen!
"Moral indignation is just jealousy with a halo" - H. G. Wells
HENGEMOM
>"sucking on hind tit." I never could
>understand this, unless it was in reference to animals who had more off
>spring
>than spigots to handle them.
bingo jerry--you hit the nail on the head with that one!
wanderer
<Downhome sayings.>
Another few, That house is so small you couldn't change your
mind in it.
A preacher could talk on a lot of stuff, but when he preached
against smoking and drinking he was a medlin'.
She was just a moonshiner's daughter but the boys loved her
still.
On skonks, the more fur from em you are the better tis fur you.
On horses asses, why is der more horses asses den horses?
Norm Wanderer nlp...@nwrain.com
Lmgriffith
How about---He'd complain if they were hanging him with a rotten rope. He'd
want a brand new one!
wanderer
In article <msg250228.thr...@wvwise.org>,
Phylli...@wvwise.org says...
Norm Wanderer nlp...@nwrain.com
NewBobCity
Hold on to your big orange drank! Here's a . . .
**** BREAKING STORY FROM NEW YAWK CITY ****
I just stumbled across this at alt.music.bluegrass while rumaging for old Dr.
Pepper bottles...
>NYC David (NYC David) wrote in message
>><34de270d...@news.pipeline.com>...
>>A friend tells me that Mr. Bill Monroe played on the Beatles album
>'>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.' Correct?
>>
>>- David
>>- New York City
(And the answer from an enlightened soul . . .)
>Just read an article/interview with Ricky Scaggs in the March issue of
>Acoustic Guitar in which he recalls a conversation with Bill, in which he
>mentioned to Bill that Paul McCartney had recorded his song "Blue Moon on
>Kentucky". Bill's response was "Now who is that?" . . .
>
>J Pick
Well sung and enough of it,
Bob Bobola, Governor
Governors Mansion
Septic City Trailer Park, Space 45
New Bob City, New Bob OU812
http://www.angelfire.com/ga/ElmersGlueAllMuseum
(blue moon of new bob keep on a-shining . . .)
NewBobCity
nlp...@NOSPAMnwrain.com (wanderer) writes:
>...why is der more horses asses den horses?
Anybody else gettin' tarred of them grand jury leaks besides me?
Respectfully and a little bit hongry,
Bob Bobola, Governor
Governors Mansion
Septic City Trailer Park, Space 45
New Bob City, New Bob OU812
http://www.angelfire.com/ga/ElmersGlueAllMuseum
(just answer the question Mr. Haldeman!)
wanderer
<snip>
>Anybody else gettin' tarred of them grand jury leaks besides me?
>
>Respectfully and a little bit hongry.
You bet I am Bob, say you got any plumbers in New Bob city, send
one or two to Warshington DC. Perhaps you could fix the WHitehouse
plumbing. Or maybe clean up the rug in the oval office!
Yep, pass the biscuits and honey.
Nope Bob, I didn't call you honey!
Just wanted some on my biscuits! ;-))
I was reminded of Winnie ther Pooh, my mom read me the stories when I
was a kid. Right smart ole bear. He only got stuck in a hole once, then
larned his lesson.
Well send your best New Bob plumber to Warshington. and thanks for the
biscuits.
Norm (Wanderer)
Tackett
You're old enough 'til your wants won't hurt you.
"Can't (pronounced Caint) fell off a log and broke his back.
(when I would say, "Mamaw, I cain't")
Aw Piffle.
Shoot fire and save matches.
I'll scob your knob.
(I never knew exactly what this meant but it sounded serious to me!)
You can take that and 50 cents and buy a cup of coffee anywhere.
Louis M Blank
Lo...@cinci.net used to hear "daddy's up to the tracks"referrin to stealing
coal from the railroad to feed the woodburner stove on cold nights.
Joanne Walker <jhw...@scescape.net> wrote in article
<34DCCB...@scescape.net>...
Louis M Blank
nlp...@nospamnwrain.com
<Downhome sayings.>
Another few, That house is so small you couldn't change your
mind in it.
A preacher could talk on a lot of stuff, but when he preached
against smoking and drinking he was a medlin'.
She was just a moonshiner's daughter but the boys loved her
still.
On skonks, the more fur from em you are the better tis fur you.
On horses asses, why is der more horses asses den horses?
Norm Wanderer nlp...@nwrain.com
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Charles
"Mulligan stew contained a spicy pepper concoction called "mulligan"
Some really daring
beer drinkers also put it in their brew. There was no refrigeration in
those days and the
mulligan disguised the fact that the meat was close to "going bad".
Charles
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First I want to say I just love this group. I've been lurking since July.
My grandmother had several saying, 2 of which are
"homely as a mud fence" & "slippery as a toad on ice"
Good day to you all
JoAnne
NewBobCity
Happiness is riches, complaint is poverty, and the worst I ever had was
wonderful.
-- Brother Dave Gardner
Guv Bob
FarmerDill
Usually "sleep tight don't let the bed bugs bite"
NewBobCity
Is this right? Anyone know the rest of it?
from alt.music.bluegrass
for...@home.com (Jeff Forman) writes:
>Does Soldier's Joy have any words?
Yes it does. Jimmy Driftwood did it with lyrics. I don't remember the
verses, but they dealt with the revolutionary war. The chorus is:
Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up the bow
Johnny tune your banjer up, we're gonna have a show
Billy pass the jug around to Corporal McCoy
Cause we're gonna have a tune called the Soldier's Joy
Respectfully and a little bit hongry,
Bob Bobola, Governor
Temporary Head of Culture and Funny Stories Dept.
State of New Bob
New Bob City, NB OU812
http://www.angelfire.com/nm/NewBobAnnex
Inquiring minds don't give a rat's behind, but I'd like to find out mysef.
OdTmHrp
The contintal soldiers on a bivawac
were playing stud poker in a mountian shack
but every vigilante threw down is hand
when the Captian of the guard gave a sharp command
[ chorus]
Jimmy get your fiddle out an rosin up the bow
Johnney tune your banjo up were gonna have a show
Billy pass the jug around to Corporal McCoy
The girls in Boston are dancing tonight
the gall dern redcoats are holding them tight
when we get there we would show them how
but that aint a doing us any good right now
[Chorus]
There goes General Washington
got his horse in a sweeping run
the barefooted boys are a raring to fight
there a gonna cross the Deleware river tonight
[chorus]
Old Bergoin in the wilderness
got his army in an awful mess
the Farmer's got mad at the British an the Huns
and capatured ten thousand of the son of a guns
[chorus]
John Paul Jones in his old tin can
scalword the ocean like a fighting man
the British said, Paul are you ready to strike
Paul said no I'm just begun to fight
[chorus]
General Washington and Roe Shambo
drinking there wine in the camp fires glow
big Dan Morgan came a galloping in
said we got Cornwallis in the old cowpen
[chorus]
Wake up buddie have you heard the news
Gramma Britian got an awful bruise
the redcoats cried an they cursed your town
while the band played TheWorlds Turned Upside down
[chorus]
A home made fiddle an a mandolin
an old banjo an a tamberine
a big dumb-bully for the drummer boy
everybody wants to here the Soldiers Joy
[chorus]
repeat last line an end
The Bear Family www.bear-family.de
has a three cd collection by Jimme Driftwood
called Americana. Soldiers Joy is on it along with
a whole slew of great songs.
Eddie
NewBobCity
odt...@aol.com (OdTmHrp) writes:
>The Bear Family www.bear-family.de has a three cd collection by Jimme
>great songs.
Thanks for the words and the great tip!!!
By the way, folks, I checked out their site, and it's got song lists, and lots
of good stuff for those interested in country and bluegrass music. Here's an
excerpt from one page:
...Bear Family has documented many of the truly seminal Country, Rock 'n'
Roll and Rhythm 'n' Blues performers. Jimmie Rodgers, Lefty Frizzell,
Flatt and Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Webb Pierce, Hank Snow, Jerry Lee Lewis,
Bill Haley, Carl Perkins, the Everly Brothers and the Orioles are among
the artists who have received the Bear Family treatment...
-- from http://www.bear-family.de/
Respectfully and a little bit hongry,
Bob Bobola, Governor
Governors Mansion
Septic City Trailer Park, Space 45
New Bob City, New Bob OU812
more bluegrass at:
http://www.angelfire.com/nm/NewBobAnnex
Willie get your saxophone an' rosin up the bow
Marcia tune your banjer up were going to have a show
Hill'ry pass the jug around and tell ol' Kenneth Starr,
"We ain't got time to fool with you -- we're startin' another war."
Arnold & Jennifer Pomerance
wanderer wrote:
> >Anyone else have "Mulligan Stew" or know what it was
> >supposed tobe?
>
> I remember Mulligan stew, mom and grandmom made it. I think it
> came from the time when the Irish potato famine hit. The Irish, > Mulligan would eat any thing. So the name came to mean a stew of > anything, even shoe leather. I remember my grandad talking of a > Mulligan, seemed to mean a fight or something like that. Perhaps a stew > you had to fight to eat.
>
Close, but not quite right. Paddy Mulligan was a bomber for the IRA in
the early part of this century. He was also a light-fingered crook who
would steal anything that wasn't nailed down. He'd give away to good
catholic families the stuff he stole no matter what it was (once he
stole a car). Oftentimes Paddy stole food and the families that
received the food usually made stew from whatever they got. Since the
ingredients weren't always the same everytime, it bacame known as
"Mulligan Stew".
Basically, Mulligan stew is some kind of meat other than beef and a
variety of vegetables all cooked in a stew pot. (Seems to me I have a
recipe for Mulligan stew somewhere...)
Jennifer Pomerance
Oak Ridge, Tn.
*What's the difference between roast beef and pea soup? Anybody can
roast beef...*
Tackett
Not worth a plug nickel.
Dumber than a coal bucket.
Dumber than a sled track.
They're working me like a borrowed mule.
My grandmother called mourning doves "dry weather birds"
Fair to middlin.
Worthless as tits on a boar hog.
Lord willin' and the creek don't rise.
Seaknight8
When she is asked if she was "born in a barn", my mother-in-law responds, "Yes,
and it makes me feel right at home to hear the jackasses braying"
NewBobCity
Anyone know a site with good stories? Like from story-telling contest?
Thanks.
Governor Bob
-Nixon
NewBobCity wrote:
Sure. Try the alt.jewish.humor newsgroup.
Daddy Dave, the Peppy Pappy
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Compromise! - - Perfectshun is for the Next World !
http://www.m-y.net/~dbarnes/LH.html
Clayton Forester
On 20 Feb 1998 04:47:41 GMT, newbo...@aol.com (NewBobCity) wrote:
>Anyone know a site with good stories? Like from story-telling contest?
Hey Bob.... I know of a fellow who makes his living as a
classical story teller. He works at a place called "Crab Orchard
Historical Park" near Tazewell, Virginia. His name is Jerry
Vencil, and the web sight of the Crab Orchard Museum is;
http://www.netscope.net/~tourtaz/home/craborch.htm
I'd say if you want an excellent source for old folk/mountain
stories, this would be the fellow to make contact with. Crab
Orchard Museum has an e-mail address on it's sight where you can
contact him at.