The same thing happened to my grandmother's house; my mom said that men
would walk past several houses on their street and turn it at her mom's
house to ask if they could work for some food, etc. One 'bo did say that
"Your house was marked" but wouldn't say what the mark was. I read years
later that the mark to show a "soft touch" was a quickie outline sketch
of a cat, the kind that is made with two circles one atop another, a
curved line for the tail, two upside-down "V"'s for ears.
Cheers,
--Joe Antosiak
On Fri, 3 Nov 2000 12:52:12 -0600 "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...> writes:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Doub" <nftrains@n...>
> To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 8:56 AM
> Subject: [BRHSlist] Bo's again
>
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> > I really like this group, there is always someone that know's the
> > answers.
> > Can some one tell me this.
> > Talking with my mom, she was telling me about Bo's coming to my
> grand
> > and great grandmother's houses for food and such.
> > She said that the Bo's had a way of marking houses, so other Bo's
> > would know what houses they could go to to get something to eat.
> > My grandfather would not tell her how they marked a house and she
> > does not know.
> > Does anyone know this one?
> >
> To give you a start, go to:
> http://www.symbols.com/index/wordindex-h.html
>
> - and scroll down to "hobo signs" - 3 entries with a half-dozen
> signs. I
> recall hearing as a kid that the skull and crossbones was also used
> to
> indicate a town, railyard or farm to avoid, and a circle with an
> angle in it
> (like a pie with a slice out) was a place you could work for food.
>
> Marshall
>
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