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    Does anyone know where the saying "raise your feet as you cross the state line" comes from?

  • #2
    Never heard it! Here's my pure SPECULATION--Moonshiners used to have trip wires at ground level surrounding their steels that would act as an alarm when intruders (feds) tried to sneak up..Feds had to high step to not hit the trip wires...so maybe one should mind their manners (tongue) when outta state so as to not set off the locals....Like I said, pure speculation.

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    • #3
      It is actually a line from a song I heard a long time ago

      It stuck with me for some reason.

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      • #4
        grandpa

        used to tell us kids to pick up our feet when we went over RR crossings, and make the sign of the cross when we passed graveyards.

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        • #5
          well that explains alot..................is also the the one who told you to always wear a viking hat whenever you leave NJ?.......

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Warren Watt View Post
            It stuck with me for some reason.
            Do you remember the song's title and artist?
            John

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            • #7
              Performer: Better Than Ezra
              Title: Coyote
              Album: Deluxe


              Heading out
              Your heart beating in your head
              Riding on
              The Texas wind
              Raise your feet
              As you cross the state line


              Waking up
              The Mesa sun and the sky
              All the way
              To Tucumcari
              And Santa Fé
              Seems a stone's throw away

              Coyote, coyote

              Coming down
              The Phoenix sun on your face
              Turns it red by the afternoon
              And to the right
              The Grand Canyon is wide

              Sing along
              Needle skips in the wind
              Count the stars
              Of Death Valley
              And in the dark
              Barstow starts to fade

              Coyote, coyote
              Coyote, coyote

              Yeah.

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              • #8
                Quantum Jo has it correct

                Thats where it came from. Stuck in my head for some reason.

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                • #9
                  So then.... you raise your feet when crossing the state
                  line to avoid kicking coyotes?.... I sure as heck wouldn't
                  want to kick a coyote :)
                  Johh

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                  • #10
                    Kicking Coyotes?

                    My favorite method of kicking coyotes is with a 50 grain bullet in my .22-250 rifle! Kicks 'em real good!

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                    • #11
                      As far as the song goes,

                      it doesn't imply why a person would raise their feet. I didn't get the kicking coyote thing. I do get the gun reference. Pest control.
                      I have never seen one in person. Though they are supposed to be migrating this way????not sure.
                      Maybe the saying is strictly a western thing. I believe the author is from New Orleans.

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                      • #12
                        Song Dogs!

                        Originally posted by Warren Watt View Post
                        it doesn't imply why a person would raise their feet. I didn't get the kicking coyote thing. I do get the gun reference. Pest control.
                        I have never seen one in person. Though they are supposed to be migrating this way????not sure.
                        Maybe the saying is strictly a western thing. I believe the author is from New Orleans.
                        Warren Watt,

                        Yep, we are covered up out here in coyotes! We'll be happy to send you a couple of thousand if you want 'em!

                        They've killed off most of the small game and are killing family pets. There is no closed season on them and you can use any weapon you want to take them.

                        In keeping with the original intent, I will add an "old saying"

                        The only good coyote is a dead coyote!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Longhunter7 View Post
                          In keeping with the original intent, I will add an "old saying"

                          The only good coyote is a dead coyote!

                          Does roadkill count?
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                          • #14
                            Thump Thump

                            Originally posted by OLD DODGE View Post
                            Does roadkill count?
                            You bettcha! You get extra points for vehicular eradication!

                            Old Saying.....If at first you don't succeed, shoot 'em again!

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                            • #15
                              longhunter

                              how much $ for a coyote pelt. not show quality, dog "toy" quality

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