tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post927857757044039046..comments2023-11-25T07:32:42.065-07:00Comments on The Zees Go West: New Englander Nears 2nd Anniversary of Living on the High Plainsclairzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12076402619649343527noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post-7800133124585695192009-04-04T08:38:00.000-06:002009-04-04T08:38:00.000-06:00So glad you asked, Beth. I noticed at a chuckwagon...So glad you asked, Beth. I noticed at a chuckwagon breakfast that some of the young men had short ropes slung over their shoulders. A lovely cowboy nearby explained it to me, telling me it was called a piggin' (pigging) string and that it was used to tie the calf's feet together once he was roped and down. <BR/><BR/>Sure enough, I watched closely during the calf roping later and when a cowboy chased after a calf, he would swing one big rope to lasso the calf, while holding a much smaller one in his teeth. Once the calf was roped, the cowboy would leap from his horse and use the short rope to tie up the calf's feet. <BR/><BR/>Mmm, tasty piggin' string, carried in the teeth.clairzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076402619649343527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post-91745644219698229742009-04-04T07:31:00.000-06:002009-04-04T07:31:00.000-06:00This is hilarious, Clair! Hey, we have a Cowboy Ch...This is hilarious, Clair! Hey, we have a Cowboy Church here in the NC mountains, too. No Pat Boone, though. <BR/><BR/>Okay, I've gotta know----what's a piggin' string?Bethhttp://blueridgebluecollargirl.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post-88648662965398531052009-04-03T22:09:00.000-06:002009-04-03T22:09:00.000-06:00Clair that is such a hoot of a post! Assimilate? ...Clair that is such a hoot of a post! <BR/>Assimilate? Care is required. Remain your charming self please.<BR/> <BR/>By the way I have posted the final episode of 'Paternity', Pip's mystery story on Journeys in Creative Writing - I think you have been following it ...<BR/>Cheers<BR/>JuneJune Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post-60014027126262646892009-04-02T15:55:00.000-06:002009-04-02T15:55:00.000-06:00Sounds like you have adapted to living on the High...Sounds like you have adapted to living on the High Plains very well. I know all about those cowboys and jeans and boots. My girls dad was all cowboy. Now I have two cowgirls that barrel race and wear those same long jeans. Really enjoyed this post!Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078537002880283509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post-89049473808846547402009-04-02T09:37:00.000-06:002009-04-02T09:37:00.000-06:00What a hoot! I love it! Does take me back to my da...What a hoot! I love it! Does take me back to my days in west Texas!<BR/>I worked so hard to get rid of my Texas accent but after all these years people will still ask me if I'm from the south! They can't place me in Texas, but they surely know that I'm not from the northwest! Fun post!!Sylvia Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484577678585907669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post-42087073801103875072009-04-02T08:03:00.000-06:002009-04-02T08:03:00.000-06:00Too late. Yer done ass-i-mil-i-a-tin' ...'cept fe...Too late. Yer done ass-i-mil-i-a-tin' ...'cept fer those big words you keep pullin' out. Welcome home.the7msnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082802012105875164noreply@blogger.com