I always that 'bar ditch' was just what it was called, until my husband worked for the highway dept and told me that it is really "barrow ditch" because when roads were first being built soil was 'barrowed' from the sides of the road to be packed into the road bed. I can see how 'barrow' became 'bar'.... Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan and Rae Jean" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:09 AM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks > I got teased when we moved to Missouri for a short time...they asked what in > the world is a bar ditch"? Well I thought everyone knew that! > RJ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:04 AM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks > > > > My mother used directly as "dreckly". I didn't know for a long time > > growing > > up, how in the world would you spell that. I also thought that tow sacks, > > which we used at our house, was tote sacks. I figured that was another > > wrong > > word, and "bar" ditch. > > > > Marilyn > > Detroit, TX > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >