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Ramon Frederick Adams (October 3, 1889 – April 29, 1976) was an American western folklorist who wrote about the history of cattle and gunmen. [1] After an early career in violin performance and twenty-six years as a candy shop owner, he published 24 works about western histories including Six-Guns and Saddle Leather and Burs Under the Saddle.
The English word cowboy has an origin from several earlier terms that referred to both age and to cattle or cattle-tending work. The English word cowboy was derived from vaquero, a Spanish word for an individual who managed cattle while mounted on horseback. Vaquero was derived from vaca, meaning "cow", [3] which came from the Latin word vacca.
The term critter is common in the western United States and Canada, particularly when referring to young cattle. [21] In some areas of the American South (particularly the Appalachian region), where both dairy and beef cattle are present, an individual animal was once called a "beef critter", though that term is becoming archaic.
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This category is for terms, subjects, stock characters, miscellaneous items and the like which are common to the Western genre. Subcategories This category has the following 20 subcategories, out of 20 total.
You need to watch Carry On Cowboy for every Wild West cliché known to us Brits. Alansplodge 16:30, 28 July 2010 (UTC) I can't remember how much stereotypical cowboy slang it has, but an early send-up of horse operas was the song "I'm an Old Cowhand from the Rio Grande", written by Johnny Mercer for Bing Crosby.
A Western saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West. Saloons served customers such as fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, lumberjacks, businessmen, lawmen, outlaws, miners, and gamblers. A saloon might also be known as a "watering trough, bughouse, shebang, cantina, grogshop, and gin mill".
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