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

[Jennifer Carlson]

Oh, Honey, don't say that to Diarmaid....
 
 
Talana
 
 
 

> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:09:08 -0600
> From: felemid.macphail at gmail.com
> To: northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Did you know where these expressions came from?
> 
> yea ,.... they are still fun .... but when the Myth is bigger then truth
> print the myth ... 1900s newspaper man quote
> 
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Marc Carlson <marccarlson20 at hotmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > You do realized that most of these snippets are fakelore?
> >
> > M/D
> >
> > I. Marc Carlson
> > Special Collections
> > McFarlin Library
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > 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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