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03/24/08, 07:56 PM
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Does anyone call their cows Bossy? (Bossie)
Does anyone call their cows “bossy”? (Rhymes with flossy) The standard cow call when I was a girl was “here bossy, here bossy, here bossy! It occurred to me that I never hear cows called Bossy anymore. (Actually I rarely here cows called anything). I had a conversation with a friend today… who also remembered the “here Bossy” thing. I came home and did a google search and found a small article about it. The author wondered the same thing I did. Where did the name Bossy originate? His conclusion was “the genus for cows is Bos taurus... duh! Apparently Bos is the Roman word for cow.” From:
http://iowagarden.blogspot.com/2006/02/here-bossy.html I thought perhaps it was an old German term as my Grandfather was German but I found out that a cow in German is not a Boss or Bossy.
I thought it would be interesting to see how many of you are familiar with Bossy. Perhaps more than I think?
Blessings,
Renee
Last edited by Renee; 03/25/08 at 06:14 PM.
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03/24/08, 08:06 PM
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To call the cows in at milking time , it was "Come Boss, come boss". They actually came home on the run. Probably because each got a handfull of oats when they got there.
The only one with a name was the best milker, a little Jersey named Tiny.
tinda
P.S. i forgot about this --- "soooboss" to get them to stand still. With Tiny, that would be outside, in the barnyard. She didn't need to be stanchioned. 
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03/24/08, 08:06 PM
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Cows aren't called Bossy anymore because there aren't any old farmers left who know Latin. 
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03/24/08, 08:10 PM
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Renee,,
Its interesting that you would mention this..
My father and the farm are now long gone,, but I do remember as a kid that my Dad would holler,,, Sa Bossss,, Sa Bossss..
And all the cows would come up the lane to the barn...
Thanks for bringing up old memories..
I miss both,, my Father and the farm..
Gary H.
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03/24/08, 08:12 PM
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I have one I call "Bessie", but mostly I say "Here, pretty girls...pretty giiiirrrls"
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03/24/08, 08:12 PM
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Yes, I call "here bossbossboss" and the whole herd comes running. We still have "old farmers" here, and it's the standard cow call!
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03/24/08, 08:19 PM
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Every morning at 5;45 I holler Come Bossy Come bossy -- about 10 times.And by the time I get every thing ready to milk 30 cows are waiting at the gate.And yes- mine all have names.Does that make me a geezer???LOL
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03/24/08, 08:22 PM
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I have a GOAT named Bossy....
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03/24/08, 08:28 PM
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Years ago, I, too, had a goat (Nubian) named Bossie.
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03/24/08, 08:29 PM
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I once rode a horse name Flossie, does that count for something? LOL
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03/24/08, 08:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Renee
Does anyone call their cows “bossy”? (Rhymes with flossy)
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We do and all the neighbors know when it's feeding time at our place... "here Boss, here Bossssss" echoes up across the fields!
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03/24/08, 09:25 PM
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When I worked on a dairy farm about 13 years ago we called them boss, I still do if I'm talking to one
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03/24/08, 09:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peace n Quiet
We do and all the neighbors know when it's feeding time at our place... "here Boss, here Bossssss" echoes up across the fields!
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For us it was always more like "He, Boss, He, Boss!
"he, Boss" ----- being a shortened version of "Here, Boss!"
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03/24/08, 10:48 PM
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We call.
Cows.
CuBoooooss. Hup! Hup! (Come Boss. up! up!)
Horses.
Laadieeeees--- Comeon. Hey! Hey! (Ladies Come on. Hey! Hey!)
These came from my grandad.
They would call out these words as they walked down the alleys in town.
He said that he and his brother used to go though the alleys in town and pick up everyones milk cows that were turned out into the alley, after the morning milking. They would take them to some bottom ground down by the river to graze while they were in school. Then would call them up, and herd them back down the alleys and let each one off at their respective homes to be milked and fed that evening.
They got 3 cents per head, per week.
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03/24/08, 10:51 PM
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My grandpa called his cows Bossie.
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03/25/08, 12:01 AM
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I couldn't for the life of me remember who but it just dawned on me I had a little ol' angus bottle calf heifer named Bossy! Had 6 teats. I don't even remember where I got her but she sure was a cute thing.
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03/25/08, 12:24 AM
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My Dad and Grandpa called their cows Bossy when I was little. It's interesting to know where that came from -- isn't it funny how words can stay around for so long?
Kathleen
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03/25/08, 01:14 AM
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We call them in like CIW. They come right in. Unless they are up to some mischeif.
Dave
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03/25/08, 01:27 AM
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Not Bossie, but when I was young and at home we had a Jersey milk cow named Bessie.
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03/25/08, 03:58 AM
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When I was a kid we called our cows Bossie.
Nowadays I have a hen named Bossy...but that's 'cause she tries to boss everyone around, including me!
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