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 Ar an t-aonú lá is triochad de mí Lúnasa, scríobh LionelEdwards: 

 > [...] Very familiar in GB from 1960s Westerns as a method by which Indians
 > could gallop on horseback carrying their infants safely. Not to be confused
 > with "a caboose".

Pleasantly surprised at the number of non-North-Americans who know the word. I
suppose the Zane Grey books and the cowboy movies did educate on certain
things.

-- 
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
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