Old West Words and Phrases

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

Hey Capt.

Could Morman iron refer to rawhide?   

Russ T,

Check out Reply #407 on this thread .

Hamp

[Russ T Chambers]

Hey Capt.

Could Morman iron refer to rawhide?   

Russ T,

Check out Reply #407 on this thread .

Hamp

Sorry, that's what I get for posting in my sleep.

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

Nice to know I'm not the only one around here with that "oldtimer's" affliction.

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Cap'n. Cox, truth be known, I'll bet MANY of us share that "disease!"

[litl rooster]

can't remember _ _ _ _



yep, got it here also

[Silver Creek Slim]

I got one: air-tights.

Slim

[Russ T Chambers]

I got one: air-tights.

Slim

That one's easy, my Great Grandmother always refered to cans as air-tights. 

[Silver Creek Slim]

I got one: air-tights.

Slim

That one's easy, my Great Grandmother always refered to cans as air-tights. 

Good job, Russ T. 

Slim

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

Some of you folks east and north of my home state may not be familiar with these contraptions, but here goes anyway.

pear burner

[Delmonico]

A blow torch to burn the spines off the prickley-pear cactus so you can feed them to cattle.

Saddle Wolf.

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

A blow torch to burn the spines off the prickley-pear cactus so you can feed them to cattle.

Saddle Wolf.

Del,  you're probably the best read coosie I've run into, and your answer is correct.  I have my grandpa's old pear burner (copper tank with patent date of '98 cast in one end - right certain that weren't 1998).  Has a tire valve stem for pressurizing the tank with a tire pump, and an old plumbing type gate valve to regulate the flame.  Pretty sure it was fueled with kerosene (or "coal oil" as he called it).

Seein' as how you seem to be the resident cookin' authority, just wonderin' if you've ever prepared any "pear" for human consumption.  I've made some pretty good jelly from the red fruits that develop every summer, but nothing beyond that.  This site http://www.desertusa.com/magdec97/eating/nopales.html has some recipes that look interesting.

Don't have the foggiest notion what your Saddle Wolf is.  Better post it again so it doesn't get lost here.

[Delmonico]

I ain't never et no cactus but a couple a the fruits a time or two.  But would be glad to give it a try.

Guess if you want to understand cowboys and the west ya just got ta study a bit.


Try this for a day or two 

Saddle Wolf:

Can't rember exactly where I read the def, but seen it used in old timers accounts.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Cap, I actually had some prickly pears growin' in a planter at a building complex I was livin' at a few years back, OUTDOORS. this is in the Buckeye state. Thought the flowers were really nice, but the 24 hours only was a bummer. Didn't get to gather pears enough to do jelly though............Buck

[Griff]

Back when I was a kid, I seem to 'member some of the ol' (gad ain't that term relative now), hands referring to ol-time cowboys that they knew that didn't have regular work, but, cowboyed when, where they could, i.e. traveled from one ranch to another in search of a steady gig, as:  Saddle Wolves.  Might recollect this wrong, but... Seems there some other things they called 'em also, but ain't fit for public repeatin'!

[Silver Creek Slim]

Here's one: madstone

Slim

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

Here's one: madstone

Slim

You sneaky devil - puttin' the answer in a differnt post.   Interesting stuff.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Here's one: madstone

Slim

You sneaky devil - puttin' the answer in a differnt post.   Interesting stuff.

Slim

[Delmonico]

Saddle Wolf:  Piles or Hemorhoids, was that what you were thinkin' Grif?  common with cowboys and cavalrymen.

[Griff]

Nope, Saddle tramps was more like it.   Our coosie callled ol time saddle tramps wolves, as they'd eat anything and everything that didn't move, or moved slower than they did.  Oh well, Spanish California was a different place.  I don't know how long she'd been there, but her husband was probably in his eighties, and the 5th generation to work that same ranch. (this was in the 1960s)

[Silver Creek Slim]

Two more:
canard
Methodist feet

Slim