{"id":6675,"date":"2024-11-10T23:04:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T23:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2024-11-10T23:04:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T23:04:46","slug":"why-you-should-never-touch-a-cowboy-boot-left-on-a-fence-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/?p=6675","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Never Touch A Cowboy Boot Left On A Fence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When you\u2019re in an unfamiliar place, even if it\u2019s just outside the town you live in, there\u2019s a chance you\u2019ll encounter cultures and traditions you\u2019ve never even heard of before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a tradition practiced by a good number of rural Americans that those in cities have never heard of. Until you read up on what it means, here\u2019s a piece of advice, don\u2019t go around messing with boots you find on fences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you\u2019ve ever been driving out somewhere rural, you may have noticed something odd.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the fences that line fields of crops or grass, you might have seen a cowboy book stuck upside down on a post. It\u2019s a curious sight, but did you know it has a deeper meaning?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A rather emotional one at that.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s best that these boots remain untouched and undisturbed, as they were put there on purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why? Ranchers sometimes do this to honor a favorite horse that\u2019s passed. They\u2019ll sometimes do this by hanging a pair of boots off a fence as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like we feel about our own pets, ranchers can have deep connections with their horses.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Any horse owner could probably vouch for that too, they\u2019re just as much beloved family members as people feel about their dogs or cats, meaning when they pass, it\u2019s an emotional ordeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So some people will choose to give up a boot or two to pay tribute.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s also some cases where a boot on a fence represents a person, often a ranch hand who either passed or moved on to other work, referring the old saying \u201ca pair of boots for every hand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you ever spot one in the wild, it\u2019s best to leave it alone.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While it could be something innocent, there\u2019s a large chance at it being a memorial for someone, which means it deserves to be respected and left alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources: Diply<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you\u2019re in an unfamiliar place, even if it\u2019s just outside the town you live in, there\u2019s a chance you\u2019ll encounter cultures and traditions you\u2019ve never even heard of before. There\u2019s… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6677,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675\/revisions\/6677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinenews92.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}