SLPAD - 116 - “Low-Lands” - 28

[Michael Bailey]

“The three entered a narrow ravine which had garbage scattered twenty feet
up its sides. Flange got the feeling that this dump was like an island or
enclave in the dreary country around it, a discrete kingdom with
Bolingbroke its uncontested ruler. The ravine ran on for a hundred yards,
steep-sided and tortuous, until at length it opened out on a small valley
completely filled with cast-off rubber tires from cars, trucks, tractors
and airplanes; and in the center on a slight eminence stood Bolingbroke’s
shack, jury-rigged out of tar paper and refrigerator sides and haphazardly
acquired….”

Jury-rigged - always thought that was wrong, but
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/jerry-built-vs-jury-rigged-vs-jerry-rigged-usage-history#:~:text=Jury%2Drig%20comes%20from%20the,%22%20meaning%20%22improvised%20sail.%22

“Jury-rig comes from the adjective jury, meaning "improvised for temporary
use especially in an emergency," or "makeshift." It's a 15th century term
that comes from the Middle English jory, as known (back then, anyway) in
the phrase "jory sail," meaning "improvised sail."”


The shack is quite different from the love shack in “The Small Rain.”


Flange - what is a flange?
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/flange#:~:text=A%20flange%20is%20a%20part,collar%20used%20as%20an%20attachment
.

a projecting rim or collar on a wheel
<https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/wheel>, pipe
<https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pipe>, rail
<https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/rail>, etc., that
serves <https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/serve> to hold
<https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hold> it in place,
give <https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/give> it strength
<https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/strength>, guide
<https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/guide> it, or attach
it to something else



There are, or were, some Flanges amongst the populace:

https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=flange#:~:text=The%20Flange%20family%20name%20was,the%20recorded%20Flange's%20in%20USA
.

Not very many, though.