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Val'sdad's thread on Fritz reminded of a thought I've had.

Raising an empty hand in greeting means there is no weapon in the hand, meaning friendship, Shacking hands, much the same.

The toast of touching drinking glasses together was a way insuring you were not being poisoned, the contents could slop together.

Many more, got some?

Yes, I misspelled 'Why".

I was still hung on on Expreations.

😂😂😂

Yes, yes, back tp the punt?

You can edit the title in your opening post.

Heck, I can edit the title in my reply.

This is more fun.

I read that the custom of always mounting a horse from the left came from the majority of people carrying their sword on the left hip.

The old cowboys emptying their six shooters when riding into town showed they we not carrying loaded guns.

'Outlandish behavior", back when, the Western side of the Mississippi River was inhabited by mountain men, and Indians.

The land west of the river bank was called outland. The east was called inland.

I swear you are “airsoftfatty” from YouTube with your spelling.

He's old.

Let's be happy he can still type.

Lock, stock, and barrel

Flash in the pan

Go off half cocked

Hey, I spelled near half right, Ty Cobb never hit 500!

I like this sort of history.

Had a book about where saying originated. Don’t remember the title.

A buck as one dollar comes from a deer skin, worth back then a dollar, hence a "buck".

The whole nine yards.



L.W.

Tate’s navagational instrument company of Philadelphia in the early 1800’s made some of the most worthless compasses for govt contract that folks always said, " He who has a Tate’s is lost."

A tinker's dam.

a square meal ,came from British royal navy . the plates were square.

a square deal,,from masons ,,on the level and on the square.

spooning , guys whittiling wooden spoons as they talked to girls.

dog in a manger, somebody stopping you from acquiring what you want even if they dont need or want it.
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