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the Latin Lasso
the Matthew Walker
the Neat & New

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the Poor Man's Pride
the Querry
the Reef
the Sure Sheet Bend
the Tumbling Thief

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the oVerhand
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the hot-X-bend
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is the end.
If you are no knot tier, skip the following glossary. It is not vital to the tramble
story. But knot tiers, puzzled by some of his cute and curious names, may
find it helpful. The ones listed below in inverted commas he dreamed up-you
won't find them in older knotting publications-for knots he did not know,
and also as pseudonyms for existing ones that would not rhyme. Numbers
preceded by the # mark are references to that monumental book-the knot
tier's bible-known simply as Ashley [ll.
Drawbend 'Double'... twin variants of the Harness Bend (#1474)
which he called DeedleDum & DeedleDee;
`Hubble Bubble' ... Hunter's Bend (#1425A, added in 1979);
`Jinx' ... Whatnot (#1406);
`Kilkenny' ... Original (Kilkenny Castle took the place of
Carrick in Irish history);
`Latin Lasso' ... A single Carrick Bend, named for the way
it can be made by capsizing a Constrictor
Knot (#1249), probably known to the
Romans, over another cord's end;
`Neat & New' ... Original;
`Poor Man's Pride' ... Rosendahl's Zeppelin Knot;
`Querry' ... Original;
`Sure' Sheet Bend ... The orthodox knot with both short ends on
the same side, as opposed to the variant with
ends on opposite sides (which can in some