sny, ox-bow

[Beverly Flanigan]

Relatedly, what's the origin of "ox-bow"?  We have an Oxbow Trail, and of
course there's _The Oxbow Incident_ (afraid I never read it).  Does it come
from the shape of an ox yoke (which I do know, having preserved my
grandfather's)?

At 01:45 PM 12/29/00 -0600, you wrote:
>To this very day there is a stretch of bayou along the Miss. near Hannibal
>called "The Sny."  It is I think even on road maps.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Greg Pulliam <pulliam at IIT.EDU>
>To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 11:52 AM
>Subject: sny
>
>
> > In the movie "Ride with the Devil" there is a reference to the
> > western Missouri creek the "Sny-a-bar."  Also, my dad remembers folks
> > referring to what he thinks was an ox-bow lake near Hannibal as "the
> > Sny" when he was growing up.
> >
> > Is anyone familiar with "sny"?


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