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31 Oct 03 - 07:08 PM (#1045552) Subject: Hob-Nailed Bouchers From: GUEST, GEST The Irish Descendants have the song Murphy Broke The Pledge on their 1998 album, Rollin' Home. It seems obvious from the lyrics that hob-nailed bouchers are some sort of footwear, but I have been unable to find a definition for the word bouchers. Is it perhaps a misspelling, or is someone familiar with it? Here are the lyrics from GEST Songs Of Newfoundland And Labrador. Also, can anyone put a first name to the author, Burke? The Dictionary of Newfoundland English attributes the song to him with the date 1894. Is it Johnny? |
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31 Oct 03 - 08:10 PM (#1045561) Subject: RE: Hob-Nailed Bouchers From: mack/misophist I'm not certain of the spelling, but 'bleuchers' are heavy, high top work shoes. Does that work? |
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01 Nov 03 - 02:12 AM (#1045673) Subject: RE: Hob-Nailed Bouchers From: GUEST,Donal Working boots are/were often called 'Bluchers' in Western Australia, I often wondered if there was any connection to Gen. Blucher of Waterloo fame, since Wellington had Footwear named after him. |
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01 Nov 03 - 07:16 AM (#1045729) Subject: RE: Hob-Nailed Bouchers From: The Fooles Troupe I heard Working Boots called 'Bluchers' in Queensland - but not for quite some time. Robin |
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01 Nov 03 - 09:21 AM (#1045763) Subject: RE: Hob-Nailed Bluchers From: GUEST, GEST Bluchers is the correct answer according to search results at Overture and a definition from Bartleby.com. Put them both together and bluchers are half boots; so called after Prussian Field-Marshall Gebhard Lebrecht von Blucher (1742-1819). Even L.L.Bean carries some Blucher Moccasins. Thanks everyone for the leads. :-) |