MDMD(2): Notes and Questions

[Steven Maas (CUTR)]

A few easy ones (I think!).

>      42.5  `Eeh - that is, I'm not sure which one tha mean' i.e God or the 
>      Devil.  Is Dixon a Manichean?  If so why is it because of `all thah' 
>      Coal-Mining'? (42.8)

I don't know about Manichean--but I think the Coal-Mining reference is to
digging down to the devil's realm, so to speak.

>      51.28  `Queue-Tie' ???

I think a reference to a tie around his pigtail, or queue.

>      54.23  `Hey t'en, Pat' ??? t'en???

I suppose a form of "then" but if your question is what dialect, I've got
no clue.

>      58.21  `V.O.C.' = ???

Someone earlier deduced this as initials for the Dutch name of the Dutch
East India Co.

>      60.17  `Jethro's tent' ???

I'd guess a bible reference--isn't there a Jethro?  Or Beverly
Hillbillies, one or the other 

>      63.10  `Rattle-Watch' ??

I'd guess a guard who rattles doorknobs.