tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post4240539828323559013..comments2024-03-28T05:15:00.483-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Old West glossary quizRon Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-15516946329611706132013-03-13T19:19:58.757-07:002013-03-13T19:19:58.757-07:00Well, barefoot would have been the norm for a lot ...Well, barefoot would have been the norm for a lot of kids back then. Wearing your copper-toed boots meant you were going someplace special.Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-82073834946468575732013-03-12T14:33:40.149-07:002013-03-12T14:33:40.149-07:00Thanks, David, for dropping by.Thanks, David, for dropping by.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-11730758724322260972013-03-12T14:33:02.267-07:002013-03-12T14:33:02.267-07:00I think you could be right about "string-halt...I think you could be right about "string-haltered," Karen, thanks.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-31757206484312033822013-03-12T14:28:05.041-07:002013-03-12T14:28:05.041-07:00You and another reader have explained the term &qu...You and another reader have explained the term "copper toed shoes" as just what it says. I'd never heard of them before, but apparently they were much to be desired by boys at one time.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-28771180371969063132013-03-12T11:36:27.726-07:002013-03-12T11:36:27.726-07:00Interesting that you really don't have to know...Interesting that you really don't have to know the words to understand them from context - certainly colorful. I really like eye-winker for a gun. String-haltered usually referred to a rope tied from the horse halter to a front leg, keeping the head down, so the horse could graze, but not wander off very fast. leaves on the Raney Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711219595014372212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-24307787488029458292013-03-11T21:48:55.025-07:002013-03-11T21:48:55.025-07:00Well, I've got two "fer sartin."
Co...Well, I've got two "fer sartin."<br /><br />Copper-toed boots. Children’s boots, particularly boys, often had the toes reinforced with copper to make them last longer. I seem to remember Almanzo Wilder in "Farmer Boy" had copper-toed boots.<br /><br />Didoes. Fancy shapes. Elizabethan term, I believe (had a fire chief verbally confuse them with dildoes, once. It took a while before we all stopped laughing).<br /><br />"Got my tag," now...could that be a reference to ear-tagging a steer, ie, identification?<br />Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-78295894331408860002013-03-11T07:35:33.409-07:002013-03-11T07:35:33.409-07:00You are doing all of us western writers a service ...You are doing all of us western writers a service with these posts, Ron. "Got my tag." Like that.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.com