[Dixielandjazz] Definitions - was Band dress & festival attendance

[Stephen Barbone]

Don Ingle wrote:

> A petard was also a metal cone filled with explosives, often attached to a
> fortress wall or gate to blow it up.
> Another term is that of passing wind.
> Ernie Carson's cornet could be described as a petard ready to explode...but
> then sometimes it could be old Ern.

Yes, and the cone sometimes did not explode when triggered. So the bomb maker
get next to it to diagnose the problem. Given the unpredictable nature of
explosives at the time, often the petard would go off whilst that poor
unfortunate was atop it and he would be blown sky high.

Kind of like that jpeg you might have seen of a chap who set himself on fire
while trying to burn an American flag. A fitting reward.

Regarding the breaking of wind definition that Dan Augustine describes, as it
might apply to Dr. Hooks, that's very funny as well as perhaps somewhat odious
depending on whether is down wind, or not.

Musical content: "The Farter from Sparta"  ;-)

Cheers,
Steve Barbone