The mouse

[Wilson Gray]

On Jul 24, 2004, at 9:05 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> East Tennesseans commonly talk about "picking up the room" meaning
> picking things up off the floor, mainly.
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> JL

Yes, it also means that in East Texas, too. "'T' for Texas and 'T' for
Tennessee," as the traditional blues line says.

-Wilson Gray

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> Wilson Gray <hwgray at EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
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> On Jul 23, 2004, at 11:28 PM, Janis Vizier Nihart wrote:
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>> I have a website of Cajun and regional words. I am trying to sort =
>> through some words and expressions that I thought were just used down
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>> here, but I would like to hear from others who may be familiar with
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>> expressions and who may know the origin. Here goes:
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>> The mouse---Although this is no longer used, I was always told that a
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>> tooth mouse, not a tooth fairy, took my teeth and left money.
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>> The expression "do you know what i find?" meaning "do you know what I
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>> think "
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>> Go to bed---told to someone when you don't believe what they say.
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>> Pick up the dishes(or whatever)--Pick up meaning to put away
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> My grandmother and my mother, both originally from Longview, TX, used
> "pick up" with this meaning.
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> -Wilson Gray
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>> to town---We lived about 2 hours away from New Orleans and it was the
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>> closest city. If we went shopping there,we never used the name New =
>> Orleans . We always said We were going to town. We never used the =
>> expression for any other place we went shopping. " I'm going to town"
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>> meant I'm going to New Orleans.
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>> Also we had a custom that was similar to Halloween except it was on
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>> Years Day. We went around the neighborhood collecting mostly sugar =
>> popcorn and fruits in brown paper bags. Anyone remember doing the
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>> thing on new Years Day in other parts of the country.?
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>> Thanks
>> Janis Nihart
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