Comments on: Hurrah’s Nest http://www.word-detective.com/2010/09/hurrahs-nest/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: B E Daniels http://www.word-detective.com/2010/09/hurrahs-nest/comment-page-1/#comment-45625 B E Daniels Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:47:01 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=3805#comment-45625 My mother also referred to my unruling hair as a hoorah's nest!! She also told me that it was a colorfully bird with a messing nest! I always remember something about whistling thur it's butt. My mother also referred to my unruling hair as a hoorah’s nest!! She also told me that it was a colorfully bird with a messing nest! I always remember something about whistling thur it’s butt.

]]> By: M.L. Barker http://www.word-detective.com/2010/09/hurrahs-nest/comment-page-1/#comment-42316 M.L. Barker Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:02:01 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=3805#comment-42316 M'y mother, a Southerner, used "hoorah's nest" all the time, often referring to her hair. When asked what a hoorah was she replied "It's a bird that sticks it's head in the sand and whistles through its butt." M’y mother, a Southerner, used “hoorah’s nest” all the time, often referring to her hair. When asked what a hoorah was she replied “It’s a bird that sticks it’s head in the sand and whistles through its butt.”

]]> By: Eduard http://www.word-detective.com/2010/09/hurrahs-nest/comment-page-1/#comment-34046 Eduard Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:19:31 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=3805#comment-34046 I first heard "Your room looks like a Hoorah's nest", some 70 years ago . She was born on her parents' farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland where there were still many ex-slaves living and working. As a young girl, she spent a great deal of her time with her black "nanny" and her young daughter, who was the same age as my mother, was her playmate. Mother claimed that she first heard this phrase from her "nanny" - and attributed its origin to the black slave community. She also told me that a Hoorah was a large, colourful bird who had a very messy nest - full of useless stuff - and was generally credited with and blamed for creating any unexplained (or unexplainable) mess. I first heard “Your room looks like a Hoorah’s nest”, some 70 years ago . She was born on her parents’ farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland where there were still many ex-slaves living and working. As a young girl, she spent a great deal of her time with her black “nanny” and her young daughter, who was the same age as my mother, was her playmate.

Mother claimed that she first heard this phrase from her “nanny” – and attributed its origin to the black slave community. She also told me that a Hoorah was a large, colourful bird who had a very messy nest – full of useless stuff – and was generally credited with and blamed for creating any unexplained (or unexplainable) mess.

]]> By: Karen http://www.word-detective.com/2010/09/hurrahs-nest/comment-page-1/#comment-33452 Karen Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:53:29 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=3805#comment-33452 I asked Martha Barnette of A Way With Words about my mother's phrase "hihola's nest" which she often used to describe the state of my room. Martha suggested "hoorah's nest" but had no info on its origin. So, is the hihola a species related to the hurrah? I always had a picture in my mind of the bird that conned Horton into sitting on her egg (Dr. Seuss) I asked Martha Barnette of A Way With Words about my mother’s phrase “hihola’s nest” which she often used to describe the state of my room. Martha suggested “hoorah’s nest” but had no info on its origin. So, is the hihola a species related to the hurrah? I always had a picture in my mind of the bird that conned Horton into sitting on her egg (Dr. Seuss)

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