tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post2537605968783891272..comments2024-03-29T01:33:22.669-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Glossary of frontier fiction: G( gold cure – “The Gypsy Countess”)Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-44337593764462916892014-01-04T11:47:25.080-08:002014-01-04T11:47:25.080-08:00I will have to look for it, but there's a refe...I will have to look for it, but there's a reference in one of the Irish RM books by Ross and Somerville to Major Yeates' borrowed hunter, which makes a noise like a grampus while being ridden at the gallop.<br /><br />(And I have un-fond memories of having to administer atropine as part of my duties as Officer of the Day, back in Okinawa in the early 80's. It didn't work then, either).Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-16207500117219881302014-01-04T09:42:55.538-08:002014-01-04T09:42:55.538-08:00Golondrina. Using poisonous material to treat poi...Golondrina. Using poisonous material to treat poisoning is almost certainly a descendant of sympathetic magic. Interesting where this kind of thing comes from. Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com