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Marius Hancu
Apr 21, 2012, 8:57:25 PM4/21/12
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Hello:
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Mostly he worried about their shoes. That and food. Always food. In an
old batboard smokehouse they found a ham gambreled up in a high
corner. It looked like something fetched from a tomb, so dried and
drawn. He cut into it with his knife. Deep red and salty meat inside.
Rich and good. They fried it that night over their fire, thick slices
of it, and put the slices to simmer with a tin of beans. Later he woke
in the dark and he thought that he'd heard bulldrums beating somewhere
in the low dark hills.
Cormac McCarthy, The Road
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"batboard": ?
"bulldrums": large drums?
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu
---
Mostly he worried about their shoes. That and food. Always food. In an
old batboard smokehouse they found a ham gambreled up in a high
corner. It looked like something fetched from a tomb, so dried and
drawn. He cut into it with his knife. Deep red and salty meat inside.
Rich and good. They fried it that night over their fire, thick slices
of it, and put the slices to simmer with a tin of beans. Later he woke
in the dark and he thought that he'd heard bulldrums beating somewhere
in the low dark hills.
Cormac McCarthy, The Road
---
"batboard": ?
"bulldrums": large drums?
--
Thanks.
Marius Hancu
tony cooper
Apr 21, 2012, 11:23:20 PM4/21/12
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Here's an explanation:
http://www.trestlewood.com/page/71/
>"bulldrums": large drums?
Deep sounding drums, I would think. Something like a Lambeg drum used
by the Orange Order in Northern Ireland in parades.
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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
Marius Hancu
Apr 22, 2012, 7:23:42 AM4/22/12
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On Apr 21, 11:23 pm, tony cooper <tony.cooper...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >---
> >Mostly he worried about their shoes. That and food. Always food. In an
> >old batboard smokehouse they found a ham gambreled up in a high
> >corner. It looked like something fetched from a tomb, so dried and
> >drawn. He cut into it with his knife. Deep red and salty meat inside.
> >Rich and good. They fried it that night over their fire, thick slices
> >of it, and put the slices to simmer with a tin of beans. Later he woke
> >in the dark and he thought that he'd heard bulldrums beating somewhere
> >in the low dark hills.
>
> >Cormac McCarthy, The Road
> >---
>
> >"batboard":
>
> I thought this had been brought up before: board and bat siding.
> Here's an explanation:http://www.trestlewood.com/page/71/
>
> >"bulldrums": large drums?
>
> Deep sounding drums, I would think. Something like a Lambeg drum used
> by the Orange Order in Northern Ireland in parades.
Or O-Taiko in Japanese Kodo.
> >---
> >Mostly he worried about their shoes. That and food. Always food. In an
> >old batboard smokehouse they found a ham gambreled up in a high
> >corner. It looked like something fetched from a tomb, so dried and
> >drawn. He cut into it with his knife. Deep red and salty meat inside.
> >Rich and good. They fried it that night over their fire, thick slices
> >of it, and put the slices to simmer with a tin of beans. Later he woke
> >in the dark and he thought that he'd heard bulldrums beating somewhere
> >in the low dark hills.
>
> >Cormac McCarthy, The Road
> >---
>
> >"batboard":
>
> I thought this had been brought up before: board and bat siding.
> Here's an explanation:http://www.trestlewood.com/page/71/
>
> >"bulldrums": large drums?
>
> Deep sounding drums, I would think. Something like a Lambeg drum used
> by the Orange Order in Northern Ireland in parades.
Thanks.
Marius Hancu
Peter Duncanson (BrE)
Apr 22, 2012, 8:30:39 AM4/22/12
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeygottawa/2816900596/
The Lambeg drums are a bit specialised in that they are played with
flexible malacca canes. The sound includes a wide range of frequencies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ulsterscots/library/lambeg-drum-competitions
--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)
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