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Have you ever heard the phrase "I'm gonna snatch you bald" what is it's origin?

By Rocket Asked May 11 2009 1:18PM
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by PrimeCOA Will be back on May 11, 2009 at 2:09 pm Permalink

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Wow! What a great question; I love tracing down crazy expressions. :)
This was a tough one but here it is:

"The root of this stems from the form of torture used by the British, on the Irish. When a person was suspected of having information that they considered valuable, and that person was reluctant to talk, the British, during the Irish Rising of 1798, employed what they called "Pitch Capping". A hat or cap was filled with hot liquid tar and then crammed onto the hapless victim's head. When the mass had cooled, it was removed, along with the victim's hair and scalp, by snatching it off his head from the rear forward. Pitch Capping was also employed by the British on the American colonists during the Revolutionary War."

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com...
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Avatar Rocket May, 11 2009 at 02:17 PM
WOW.... that is amazing... I just thought it was a Southern thing.... I have a friend from Georgia that uses that phrase... Thank you Prime
Avatar PrimeCOA Will be back May, 11 2009 at 02:24 PM
I thought it was too; however it makes sense because we Southerners hang on to a lot of the old expressions, language and lore from across the pond. :)
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You're welcome; I had fun checking it out. :D

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by Brian - employs bipedal locomotion daily on May 11, 2009 at 7:18 pm Permalink

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I've never heard that saying before, so I'll change it to "I'm going to make your snatch bald." :-P
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Avatar Violet May, 12 2009 at 03:18 PM
oh, that happens to everyone, with answers..
I was talking about comments
Avatar Rocket May, 13 2009 at 05:37 PM
Ahhhh Brian... are you going to do that with hot wax or a nice sharp razor... I game if your game... ++++++
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BTW I didn't get the comment...
Avatar Brian - employs bipedal locomotion daily May, 13 2009 at 05:43 PM
Now I REALLY want that taco you offered me :-P

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by Brian - employs bipedal locomotion daily on May 13, 2009 at 3:27 pm Permalink

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Positroll attack...+100.
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Avatar Brian - employs bipedal locomotion daily May, 13 2009 at 03:32 PM
Darn - it stopped me at +65.
Avatar Rocket May, 13 2009 at 04:21 PM
thank you sweetie...
Avatar Brian - employs bipedal locomotion daily May, 13 2009 at 04:23 PM
You're welcome, Rocket. I thought it had been long enough to give you a full 100.


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