See on Scoop.it – Awakenings: America & Beyond
There is just nothing like the good ol’ Westerns! Not only did you get to watch the Saturday afternoon movie matinee but afterward you got to go home and play the part until dark. The horses were Dad’s saw horses out back in his workshop and the six-shooters were perfectly formed broken pecan tree branches. A single ground-sweeping branch from the Weeping Willow served as the snapping whip as sounds of yippee ki-yay echoed through the entire neighborhood. Of course, it was more like repeated ‘yippees’ but I am sure you get the picture.
Sharla Shults‘s insight:
Did cowboys really use this expression? A good question. What do you think?
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