tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post5006756468021275496..comments2024-03-06T11:07:23.753-05:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: Drying Racks or ?Philiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-39354471947136285772014-09-15T11:01:28.806-04:002014-09-15T11:01:28.806-04:00Looks like a post for chargeing multiple golf cart...Looks like a post for chargeing multiple golf carts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-11872850979195771372014-09-14T13:31:11.772-04:002014-09-14T13:31:11.772-04:00That structure seems far too elaborate for a mere ...That structure seems far too elaborate for a mere bean pole. I thought "fish-drying rack" even before I saw it, just from your description, but even THAT seems a bit "structurally overbuilt" for just drying fish.<br /><br />It will be interesting to see what some of your more learned readers may have to say on the subject.<br /><br />You know my thoughts--as always.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />P.S.<br />Perhaps it was the park-and-ride station of its day--a communal hitching post where individual commuters could tie up multiple banker ponies for the day before ferrying down to their office jobs on Ocracoke.<br /><br />Or not.<br /><br />But as creative whoppers go, I'm partial to this explanation (in line with my misguided thoughts on "a story and a jump").<br /><br />;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-24808009184466959072014-09-14T10:48:45.205-04:002014-09-14T10:48:45.205-04:00Do you suppose location to the front door had anyt...Do you suppose location to the front door had anything to do with it? My first thought was a drying rack for tanned hides. (How did Hyde county get its name?) Nowadays stuff in your front yard , well there are other reasons I suppose but if one were tanning hides I suppose the orientation to the Sun may play a role. I shall look to see if my Foxfire Books contain any info on Tanning hides. I don't Suppose a Rev. spent the entire week writing a sermon, he no doubt had to engage in everyday activities. As I was composing this comment I left the computer and was able to locate my copy Of Foxfire 3 which includes a section on hide tanning and still more affairs of plain living. From the pictures it seems the process would involve a horizontal method until one has completed the job for display one would tack the furs on the side of the house . I cannot say with any certainty as there was not a similar rack pictured in F3 but these were simple folk in the late 20th century the book was published in 1975. I don't suppose too many of your readers have ever heard of Elliot Wigginton actually the Foxfire magazine turned ten years old in 1976. I treasure my copies of Foxfire , a library of books dedicated to documenting the fact that you to can do just about anything living off the land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com