Where do you guys get this stuff from? To expand on my previous, it's American minstrelsy:

Hoe it down = is to hoedown

Scratch your gravel = to dance, as popularized by American minstrels Jake Wallace and Charlotte Mignon "Lotta" Crabtree, et al:

"2. Trike he toe an heel—cut de pigeon wing,
Scratch gravel, slap de foot—dat's just de ting."
[Sich a Gittin' Up Stairs, c.1848]


Injun batter = is deep fry corn meal batter made with native maize. Throw it straight in hot oil and it's a
hushpuppy; add bacon drippings, egg and water it's sloosh.