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why do they call it a "pony" wall?
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Posted by
olychick (
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Tue, Feb 26, 13 at 2:09
| figured someone here would know. It could be a half wall or short wall, etc. but why pony? |
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RE: why do they call it a "pony" wall?
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| Because it's half height, like a pony is to a horse. |
RE: why do they call it a "pony" wall?
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| My interpretation? it's the height of a hitching post where you tie up your horse (or pony) :) |
RE: why do they call it a "pony" wall?
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| Ah, both plausible and I'd have not thought of either. Thanks. |
RE: why do they call it a "pony" wall?
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| I thought it was similar to a dutch door where the top opens like a window but the bottom can be shiut to keep the livestock and the ponies out :) |
RE: why do they call it a "pony" wall?
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| My understanding is it's an old english reference. Horses used to be kept away from the main house in the stable, but I think it was around the Victorian era when ponies became cute little pets to be kept closer to the house. A "pony wall" is a half-height wall, a wall just high enough to keep a pony outside of the formal gardens. Low enough to preserve the view through the gardens, but high enough to keep the "pets" out. True? False? I have no clue. |
RE: why do they call it a "pony" wall?
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| I don't know if beer should be used as a comparison, but my husband said when he was younger that a regular beer was 12 oz and a pony beer was half as much - 6 oz.. |
RE: why do they call it a "pony" wall?
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| Also, kegs of beer...and pony kegs (1/2 of a keg). Mmmm. Beer. Thanks for the reminder! My wife isn't half my height (6'4 versus 5'1). But she is half my weight. I sort of have a pony wife!! Rut row... |
RE: why do they call it a "pony" wall?
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| Rut row is right, Mongoct! DH teased our first 2 children when #3 was on the way. He kept saying he wanted a pony. They were 2yo and 4yo. and probably a bit confused. |
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