Mrs O'Leary's Cow

[roll plymouth rock]

Just spotted this and figured there would be people on here that might be into this read: http://www.archive.org/stream/mrslearyssiccowl02hine

[junkbondtrader]

ahhh so that makes alot of sense why he chose to name it that instead of "Mrs O'Leary's Fire"

[Roger Ryan]

Interestingly, there is no "O'", just "Leary". Hmm, I never knew that.

[Andrew G. Doe]

ahhh so that makes alot of sense why he chose to name it that instead of "Mrs O'Leary's Fire"

Thing is, Brian didn't - the only documentation of him calling it anything is in the Jules Siegel piece, where he refers to it as "Mrs. O'Leary's Fire" - the origin of the "Cow" label has yet to be settled.

Oh, and btw, the legend of the cow starting the fire is just that - legend. Never happened, and in 1893 the reporter who wrote the original article admitted he made it up. But he got the name right - she was Catherine O'Leary.

[smile-holland]

ahhh so that makes alot of sense why he chose to name it that instead of "Mrs O'Leary's Fire"

Thing is, Brian didn't - the only documentation of him calling it anything is in the Jules Siegel piece, where he refers to it as "Mrs. O'Leary's Fire" - the origin of the "Cow" label has yet to be settled.

Oh, and btw, the legend of the cow starting the fire is just that - legend. Never happened, and in 1893 the reporter who wrote the original article admitted he made it up. But he got the name right - she was Catherine O'Leary.

Got to hear the story twice when we visited Chicago 2 weeks ago. Apparently Mrs. O'Leary died a poor women... even when the reporter (who made the story up) later told it wasn't true, he wasn;t believed and O'Leary (or the cow) was still seen as the cause of the fire... sad story.

[Jason]

ahhh so that makes alot of sense why he chose to name it that instead of "Mrs O'Leary's Fire"

Thing is, Brian didn't - the only documentation of him calling it anything is in the Jules Siegel piece, where he refers to it as "Mrs. O'Leary's Fire" - the origin of the "Cow" label has yet to be settled.

In the interview with Sean Lennon in 2000 or so, Brian referred to it as Mrs. O'Leary's Cow.

[Andrew G. Doe]

ahhh so that makes alot of sense why he chose to name it that instead of "Mrs O'Leary's Fire"

Thing is, Brian didn't - the only documentation of him calling it anything is in the Jules Siegel piece, where he refers to it as "Mrs. O'Leary's Fire" - the origin of the "Cow" label has yet to be settled.

In the interview with Sean Lennon in 2000 or so, Brian referred to it as Mrs. O'Leary's Cow.

It was being called that as far back as 1972, but I was talking about contemporary documentation (didn't make that at all clear, sorry).

[Jason]

All these nobodys and kirkmcs are driving you for a loop, Andrew.