TIP #507 - A POP QUIZ Before going on to researching in Kentucky , I think it's time for me to test your knowledge in a wide range of categories. These are things that you can run into - terms, items, definitions of objects and events that might throw you for a loop. I will post the questions this week with the answers next week. I wish you well! This will take you all week possibly so get your thinking caps on! 1 - Not many pioneers would be found without a kimmel. What did they use it for? 2 - When applying for a pension for services during the Revolutionary War, depositions were taken by the County Clerk of the applicant who had to show cause why he needed the pension. If the old soldier stated that he just owned a run-down cabin, had sickly children and a jade, what would a jade be? 3 - When pioneers could not afford to put in a wooden floor in their cabins and didn't want to walk on dirt, they often used this and created fancy designs. What did they use? 4 - We all know how many men sit on a jury. But what happened when the courts couldn't find enough qualified to serve? They drew from the audience and these individuals were called what? (I'm not looking for alternates - a much older term). 5 - What was the old term for a small temporary prison and (2) what is a latter nickname for the same thing? 6 - In looking at old plat maps, one might find many gores. What are you looking at? 7 - If you are transcribing inscriptions from an old tombstone and see a name on the bottom or on the backside followed by the abbreviation sc, how is this individual related to the deceased and what does the sc stand for? 8 - Early pioneers, scouts, surveyors, soldiers and others often got a horrendously painful condition of the feet. What was this called in the 18th century (not the current or latter-day term) and what caused it? 9 - If your mother told you to finish your slip down and your stomach churned at the thought of it, what would she want you to finish? 10 -What was the term used for a pair of heavy outer pants worn for horseback journeys? 11 - What was the name given to a stagecoach-like wagon used to transport lunatics to insane asylums or prisoners from jail to the penitentiary? Can you describe what it looked like? 12 - Tuberculosis of the glands, joints and bones was known by a name not heard much in current times. What was it called? 13 - In reading the old Kentucky deeds, one will notice many times that the "wife was examined separate and apart from her husband" as to whether she agreed will the sale of land or property. We know that this indicated that she was being asked if she was selling this land of her own free will and not being forced into it by her husband. But, it also tells us something else quite important. What was it? 14 - In many parts of the country, especially in the southern states, there were seldom found closets in homes and clothes were stored in trunks. Other than lack of space in the smaller homes, what else kept our ancestors from hanging their clothes in a nice tidy closet? 15 - A term is used in many old wills in which the late spouse gave to his wife certain things "during her natural life". What did this indicate? 16 - Have you ever really looked at the bronze statues of soldiers on horseback that are found in many parks and throughout the country honoring military heroes or great leaders? There are three types found - one with the front feet of the horse in the air - one with one front foot of the horse in the air and the last with all four feet of the horse on the ground. What was the significance of the horse's position in relation to its rider. 17 - What is the definition of a paper town? 18 - We all have heard the term "out house" which normally referred to an outside privy or latrine. But in the old deeds and other documents that term meant something else. Give me at least one example of what would be called an out house and one example of what it would not mean [besides latrine/privy]. 19 - What was the title of the man whose responsibility it was to carry out an execution? The same title was given to a leader or a chief or the commander of a whaling boat 20 - Who would have been half-baptized? 21 - What book in the County Clerk's Office would you check to find a list of buyers of land so you could find a deed? 22 - If you heard someone yell "gardydoo" loudly, what was about ready to happen and what should you do? 23 - There was an old expression "on tick". What did this refer to? 24 - In many old records you will see the abbreviation O.S. What does this stand for? 25 - What is the term that you have seen used many times in my order book posts used to describe a tavern/inn or other place of lodging that sold alcohol, but also served food and had a place for boarding livestock? 26 - What was a lardering stick used for? 27 - Where would you go to see a kuntiput? 28 - In earlier settlement times buildings were often erected that were known as joint stores? What were they? 29 - What was the term used to described a person who owned land and farmed it without outside help from slaves but only by his family? 30 - What is the term used when less that twelve members of a grand jury agreed on a subject causing the case to be be dismissed and the accused free? I am not looking for a tie verdict or a hung jury. Another older term was used which would also describes an individual of questionable ability. 31 - What was a person called who lived on property he did not own as seen on old tax records? I am not seeking the words tenant, sharecropper or squatter. 32 - What was the name given to a will that was believed to have been written by a person entirely in his own handwriting? 33 - This was the Latin term for an order written by a court to a person demanding that he bring into court another person who is detained by the first person. What is the term which is still used today? 34 - What was the term used by physicians to describe a disease that was progressing more rapidly than normal? This will be found in many old death records. 35 - Our American currency is divided into various denominations. And, with the passage of time, each denomination has acquired a "nickname". What denomination is commonly known today by something that was traded in the early settlement days and what was traded? 36 - We've likely all heard the expression, two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar. Coins used to be clipped into bits with each piece of the coin worth a certain value. What was the term for half of a bit or 1/16th of a coin? 37 - In older times, a person was often said to be suffering from falling-sickness. What is the modern term for this condition? 38 - Not to be confused with a ship or firing guns from a ship, this was a type of newspaper which was placed in prominent places so everyone could read it. It was almost a gossip rag and dealt more with fights, crimes and deaths, sometimes the more gruesome the better. What was it called? 39 - What was the term for a wooden coach that was shaped like a watermelon that was slung on several through-braces, drawn by four horses and carried 6-9 passengers? Today this term is used for a man who tells other men what to do on a sports field. The answer is a two-word one and I need both parts. 40 - If you sent your husband to the mercantile for some hippins, would would he be purchasing? 41 - What was a battling stick? 42 - What did corruption of blood" meant. 43 - What was an estray? 44 - What was meant by a mistery in old indentures? 45 - What was a pinfold? 46 - What was a fly scarer? 47 - What were roads called in the early day to cover up swampy areas where the road washed out. 48 - What are the definitions to the following three types of marriages: a - Self-marriage b - Implied marriage c - Woods or bridge marriage 49 - What is a deed of division: and finally - 50 - What was a fingerboard painter? Good look - write down you answers and I'll post the answers next week! Don't send me your answers please! Sandi (c) Copyright 16 Sept 2004, Sandra K. Gorin