[Northkeep] Did you know where these expressions came from?

[Marc Carlson]

You do realized that most of these snippets are fakelore?

M/D

I. Marc Carlson
Special Collections
McFarlin Library

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On Feb 13, 2012, at 8:56 AM, "Michael Coone" <felemid.macphail at gmail.com> wrote:

> there are few more   ...
> 
> in times of Rome ... new road was built and guards would be placed on the
> road ... because roman roads where 16ft across they used Pikes to block the
> road...roman pikes where 18 ft ... when the tax was payed for using the
> road the pike would be turned and thank Rome for the first turnpike ...
> 
> being piss poor comes from the dark ages when it was easier to distill
> ammonia from Pee then from plants ... to keep out foren objects ... the the
> leather tanner insisted on metal pots for the pee ... this lead to 2 terms
> ..."piss poor" was your only form of income was taking the piss pot to the
> tanner .,... and "so poor that you don't have a pot to piss in" ... means
> you could not even be piss poor ...
> 
> dirt poor referred to not having money to put a floor in your house ... the
> other side of this was where rich people had slate or stone floors that
> would get cold in the winter ... so they would put hay on the floor ...
> they called hay thresh .... to keep the hay from going out the door they
> invented the threshold to keep the straw in and cold out ...
> 
> with smiting comes so old saying that most know .... strike while the iron
> is hot ... this really is easiest way to work metal but the time do this is
> limited ....
> to many irons in the fire ....can lead to 2 things ... the iron can slow
> the heating of all of your stock or you burn the metal and have to clean
> the forge
> 
> bacon used to be the most costly cut of pork ... to have a good job means
> you can afford to "bring home the bacon" .... it was also common to offer
> the best to your house guest .. so when you would have someone over you
> would pull out the bacon and slice it up .... and over the evening you
> would eat it and talk ... this lead to the term "chewing the fat" for
> sitting around talking ....
> 
> loose lips sink ships ... had little to do with people talking ... but it
> did get that meaning at the end of the privateer times in England ... if
> the sailors would talk about the cargo or route in port it was sure to get
> out .... but the lips(small movable walls about 2 ft tall) where also part
> of cargo hold that could be placed in holes in the floor or shelves to keep
> the cargo from shifting in hard seas .... if all the cargo rolled to one
> side the ship could role over and sink ...
> 
> in the 1500s ... the rich land holders of England found that sex on
> horseback at full gallop was a rush ... they called this a Flying F#*K
> ....and to not give one meant that "the most fun thing on the planet" is
> not worth doing with you....  ...
> 
> Felemid MacPhail
> MKA Mike Coone
> 
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Chuck Kaun <jack_a_lope31 at hotmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Actually a loose cannon was one that was not securely chocked so that when
>> fired, the recoil could throw it across the ship and kill people or take
>> out the ships structure.  The other reason to fasten down these cannons is
>> they could start moving around in heavy seas and cause damage.
>> 
>> Karl
>> 
>>> to keep a good supply near the cannon. However, how to prevent them from
>>> rolling about the deck (and becoming a very dangerous 'loose cannon')? >
>> 
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