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Thread #97635 Message #1923490
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
31-Dec-06 - 04:38 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Origin of 'Going to hell in a handcart'
Subject: RE: Folklore: Origin of 'Going to hell in a handcart'
1913- "go down the *tobog to ruin in a handbasket"- Wichita Daily Times, Wichita Falls, Texas.
*toboggan, thus down the slide.
There is an indirect statement by a 17th c. preacher about going to Hell in a wheelbarrow, but may not be directly related to the saying about a handcart.
From googling. Not found in Lighter.