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To: TEXOKIE; Osage Orange; RitaOK; EasySt

Mo-nett Mo; (Not Monete) Na-vey-da not Nevada Mo;
Not Beatrice Nebraska, but Bee-at-ris: Misourra? or Missouri?

And yes, I can see an Osage Orange (Bodark) tree from my porch! (If anyone wonders, Osage Orange wood was used by American Indians to make Bows, therefore “BoisD’Arc”.

(I cannot see the Osage Cuesta from here however! (almost!)
“North of the Cherokee Lowlands is the Osage Cuesta (pronounced kwesta) region. Cuestas have a steep slope on one side and gentler slopes on the other sides. Cuesta is the Spanish word for cliff.”
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Physio/osage.html

and!

“Hedgeapples, the fruit of the Osage orange plant, is a natural cockroach repellent. While the oil in the fruit isn’t strong enough to actually kill the insects or keep them away from a very large area, the fruit provides a natural way to keep small areas cockroach-free and may help keep the roaches from entering your house. If you have an Osage orange hedge in your yard, this old-time remedy is worth trying.”

(Ouch! several Hard slides, onomastics, botony, geology, entomology, Whew! too much coffee? or ADHD?) reversing, getting back on Thread!

Hi Osage Orange! Hi Texokie! Hi RitaOK.


858 posted on 03/09/2019 1:29:47 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
Osage Orange wood was used by American Indians to make Bows, therefore “BoisD’Arc”

I have a feeling that is a myth. I don't speak French, but I think Bois means forest or trees, like bosque in Spanish. Hey, a Q storm. Slide over!!

1,039 posted on 03/09/2019 5:22:09 PM PST by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Howdy, Pete...and all!!


1,086 posted on 03/09/2019 5:48:48 PM PST by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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