Photo generated by Canva “Let the cat out of the bag” is a phrase that finds its origins in the living of farmers and cowboys who went to ...

Photo generated by Canva “Make hay while the sun shines” is a phrase that finds its origins in the practical wisdom of farmers and cowboys w...

Photo generated by Canva “When you hear someone say, ‘It’s raining cats and dogs,’ it immediately conjures images of animals falling from th...

  “That clinches it. I’m going with the red one over the blue.” A horse’s hoof is much like a person’s fingernail. There’s a portion that is...

“Are you ready to go to the party?” “I’m more than ready. I’m raring to go!” In the early 1800’s this saying increased in popularity, but it...

“You don’t put your boots on before your socks, or the cart before the horse, so why are you eating dessert before dinner?” In cowboy times,...

“Don’t blink as you go through Canyon Gulch. It’s a one-horse town.” This is a phrase that you might hear often while watching westerns. A o...

“I thought we were going to work in the back fields today, but we’re actually going to town? Now that’s a horse of a different color!” The o...

  Two dogs, three dogs, four or more? And what do dogs have to do with nightfall?  In the 1800's, while working and driving cattle, cowb...

The image is a funny one. A mouse in someone’s pocket—it brings to mind the possibility of an unsavory pet that someone carries with them, a...

The day is hot and dry, and you're a cowboy riding your horse for the last hour or so, and know you have several more hours ahead of y...

During the 18th and 19th centuries, people came up with all manner of words and phrases that still stick with us today, even if we don...

In the west, horse races were fairly common. It was typically used as a time of celebration, maybe held during a festival or fair. A town ...