May 9TH
From 10 to 12 –Please Join us at Angelo’s hall for our last meeting before
diggins 2015 begins. We will be going over the scenarios and incidents that
happen within diggings and breaking up in small venue groups. The idea is to use the language and ideas of
the time to figure out how your character would interact with the politics and
scenarios we are reenacting. From 12:00-
1:00 there will be a potluck at eagle cotage for visiting with each other,
please bring a dish to share.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Lingo of the
1850’s
Greetings:
Hello, how are you this morning?
Top of the morning to you
Good morning Sir, Madam
God be with you
God be with ye: then
became goodbye later on.
Go it blind: To act
without any information, planning or foresight. As, “When I left home, “he
said, “I was determined to go it blind. I went it blind in coming to
California, and I’m not going to stop now.” (1849)
Hang up one’s fiddle:
To desist; to give up. As, “After panning for a while and finding no color, he
hung up his fiddle and returned to the States.” ((1849))
Hankering, Hanker:
To desire or want something. As, “We have been unsuccessful so far in procuring
game & all have a hankering after fresh meat which antelope would satisfy
very satisfactorily.” ((1849))
Hornswoggle: To cheat or deceive. ((1829))
Jack: A breezy form of address to a man whose name is unknown. ((1850))
Junk: Salted
meat ((1850))
Looking for color:
To be prospecting for gold. ((1852))
Eagle:
A ten dollar coin minted of pure gold by the Miner’s Bank of San Francisco.
Called an “Eagle” because of the American eagle on the reverse. ((1849))
Dyed in the wool:
Ingrained; a part of; through out; thorough. ((1849))
Eat one’s hat:
To eat one’s words; to be wrong. As, “If this isn’t the right road, I’ll eat my
hat.” ((1837))
Fortnight:
Two weeks or 14 days and nights. (before ’49)
Full chisel:
At full speed. ((1849))
Hasn’t had a new idea since Adam was a boy: One who is not much of a thinker; not given to change or
innovation. ((1850)
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