Archery phrases

[elastoplastscavenger]

Originally Posted by McCaig

You could also have " keep it under your hat"

i thought that was to do with some STI that was common back in the day and people had to carry a bit of wire around to shove in an orrifice to allow them to pee...and this was kept in their hat partly to hide it so people didnt know they had the infection.

[Deadeye Doc]

Originally Posted by elastoplastscavenger

i thought that was to do with some STI that was common back in the day and people had to carry a bit of wire around to shove in an orrifice to allow them to pee...and this was kept in their hat partly to hide it so people didnt know they had the infection.

... well there's interesting! Sadly not true, but close. You're referring to males who used to have to self catheterise because of some urethral obstruction, for example an urethral stricture, or possibly those of us who se advancing years result in enlarged and obstructive prostate glands. It is true some patients were known to keep their catheters in their hatbands, when hats were popular and prostatectomies uncommon. Some patients still have to dilate their urethral strictures .... wheeeeeeee!

The "keep it under your hat" phrase comes from keeping your second string dry as the old flaxen strings for longbows either snapped or stretched in the wet. One had a second string to ones bow ...