Going to the store to get "tricks" was just an expression that you were going to pick up a lot of different things. There was another saying "Up Salt Creek without a paddle", meaning you were not getting anywhere with what you were doing, and were not going to. > [Original Message] > From: Jim <jcox@mis.net> > To: <KYBREATH-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/8/04 7:31:53 AM > Subject: Re: [KYBREATH-L] Old Terms > > I don't know anything about the "tricks". > > I do know that there is a political saying about Salt river. > > Salt River heads in Anderson County, KY, and flows north easterly. It > empties into the Ohio River at West Point, Hardin County, KY. Westpoint is > downriver from Louisville, KY. > > I don't know all the facts, but the way I understand it, there was to be a > debate between two candidates, maybe presidential. One of the candidates > didn't show up because he had taken a cruse on the Ohio and 'was gone up > Salt River'. > > So, to really understand what he was saying we'd need to know more about > that Owsley County election. > > > My grandfather McIntosh, b. 1902 at Crocketsville. I'd like to have any > information at all about Crocketsville. > > > Jim Cox > jcox@mis.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sherry Lynn Baker Frazier" <slfrazier@comcast.net> > To: <KYBREATH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 2:09 PM > Subject: [KYBREATH-L] Old Terms > > > > Speaking of old terms, I recently had my great great grandpa's diary > handed > > over to me, Andrew J. Baker, which dates 1924, he was born in 1854 and > > taught school at Crocketsville, here's some old terms he used, > > > > "Went down to the store today and got me a few "tricks"! > > > > Talking about the election in Owsley County, " I don't know who will > > steer the boat up salt river but it will be a wonderful load" Meaning up > the > > river without a paddle > > > > Anyone ever heard these terms used? > > > > > > Sherry Lynn Baker Frazier > > President > > Owsley County Kentucky Historical Society > > http://owsleykyhist.org > > http://sherryfrazier.com > > > > > > > > ==== KYBREATH Mailing List ==== > > Want to submit family infomation for Surname Files at the Breathitt County > library? Contact library@tgtel.com > > > > > > > ==== KYBREATH Mailing List ==== > Have time to copy cemetery information into a database? Contact Jeanette Shouse at library@tgtel.com. > >