b'DID YOU KNOW, IN THE OLD WEST.By Lee Anderson, Old West Living Historian, Award Winning Author, and Old School HorsemanLee Anderson and his horse, Concho, are well known around the state doing presentations in schools, corporate events,and civic events. Learn more about them and his book on his website. historicaloldwest.orgS lang terms have always beenTexas Cowboy or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deckresounding success. So, back part of the English languageof a Spanish Cowpony. Look it up on the internet. Itsin the Old West, if somebody and are oftenbeen reprinted and is well worth reading ifsaid your outfit was a real unique to a particular time or a certainyoure interested in such things. lally-cooler they were in part of the country. The Old West had itsfact being complimentary.fair share of unique slang. In the Wild West, the phrase fightin like Kilkenny cats was used to describe aIn the old west a doggeryFor instance, if you called someone aparticularly vicious no-holds-barred scrap. Itswas not a kennel where mail-order cowboy, you didnt literallya bit murky but Kilkenny cats have their originsdogs were kept. In fact, mean that the person had been pickedin Ireland and it apparently refers to two catsconfusingly, it had absolutely out of a Sears, Roebuck & Co. cataloguefighting to the death. The only thing known fornothing whatsoever to do with canines. It was aand sent via the postal service. What yousure about the term is that Kilkenny is a realsaloon but not just any old bar. A doggery was a were implying was that the characterplace in Ireland. drinking establishment of the lowestwas not a genuine product of the Wildorder, where the booze was cheap andWest. It was usually applied to someoneTrust me when I tell youthe company dubious.from the East who had come west andthat being Chicagoed is was all fitted out in brand new cowboynot a good thing. In the OldIn the Old West, a coffee boiler wasnt duds. (Actually, theres quite a few ofWest it actually meant beingsomeone selflessly preparing a hotthat sort around yet today.) overwhelmingly defeated.beverage for others. Far from it, and itThose who make a studywas by no means a On a ship, the hurricane deck was whereof such things have nevercompliment. It referred to you took refuge during a violent storm.been able to find out why the city ofsomebody who would hang But, back in the days of the Wild WestChicago came to having its name used inaround the camp fire watching the term was often used to describe anthis manner. the pot simmer instead of especially difficult horse, the sort thatgetting on with the hardwould do its best to unload you whenHeres another one with an origin that alabor at hand. you tried to ride it. Charlie Siringo titledreal puzzler. a lally-cooler. Something his 1885 account of his cowboy life, Adescribed as a lally-cooler was aEach Office Independently Owned and Operated.L I N DA S T E V E N S , PLLC1445 W Kendrick $730,000 soldBuying and Selling 2000W Wickenburg WayWickenburg, AZforHorse Property +1Br GuestHouseYour Home or Land Call for additional properties availableWickenburgRanches.comWickenburgMoves .com9 2 8 . 2 3 2 . 9 0 6 0 RidingArena 3.7 Acres Horse Lovers Property ! Beautiful Home, Pool, Spa, Barn, Riding Arena, Covered RV Stg,CALL FOR ADDITIONAL Hay Storage,Completely Fenced, Extended Oversized 3 Car Garage, A MUST SEE!$1,350,000Horse Properties in Town WickenburgMoves.com928-232-9060ArizonaRealCountry.com August 2022 9'