Thank you Pat for sharing the story of your sister "gettin' her's" as we always called it. Richard have you ever learned to ride a horse after that mortifying experience? If you did--you're a better man than I! I've rode horses since I was little being in the country a lot---I cannot imagine climbing on a horse in England! Too Polite and Correct! My Great Grandmother Dora Hamilton Kidder taught us to curtsy as young ladies--can you believe that! We loved our Great Grandmother--but were afraid to move in her home; unless called upon to sing or recite a poem. Her daughters were not allowed to ride horses--they rode in a buggy like "Ladies should." And my Grandmother Hazel Marie Kidder Bayes told me Great Grandmother Dora would plait their hair so tightly she and her sisters could not "blink until noon." Sincerely, Ramona