Bows

[Michael Mccafferty]

This is true. The name of the tree is pronounced [bo'dark] in English.


On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Koontz John E wrote:

> > I guess the reason for the connection is that mulberry wood was
> > favored for making bows?
>
> It might be.  The usual 'bow wood' in Osage is the Osage Orange, I think,
> though this is from memory.  Sometimes such trees are called bois d'arc in
> English.
>
> JEK
>
>


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