I am putting my maternal grandmother's memoirs into my computer. As I do so, I keep making notes of stuff to research. This is one of the first items. I can *guess* sort of what it means, but I'd love to know if any Mudcatters have heard and/or know anything about its meaning/origin.

She was about 12 years old when a horse when took off with her. She was holding on for dear life when a neighbor managed to rescue her. The horse was an old plodder which would NOT gallop, until that day, so the next day she was plenty stiff and sore, saying that "I had learned the meaning of the phrase 'eating off the clock shelf.'" This was in the 1880's in Colorado.

What say you, Mudcatters?

Thanks!

kat