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Fact: rammer jammer yellow hammer is about a bird called the yellow flicker.
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:17 pm
Fact: I shot one of them with a BB gun in Lake Charles last year.
you Bama
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Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:18 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
We call it the yellowhammer, and it's Alabama's state bird.
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it is known by the name "yellowhammer," a term that originated during the American Civil War to describe Confederate soldiers from Alabama.[3]
This post was edited on 11/6/15 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:18 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Coooooooooool
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:19 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
You are quite the sportsman. Mad Props to you.
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:20 pm to genro
I don't know what bird that is, but is IS NOT the Alabama State Bird, the Northern Flicker.
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:20 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
No you were right. See my edit
This post was edited on 11/6/15 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:20 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Cool story, will tattoo in Old English on my penis and read to your mother before bedtime.
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:24 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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Cool story, will tattoo in Old English on my penis
Yeah but you'll only be able to fit "ra"
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:28 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Conveniently rhymes with Go to HELL AlaBammer!
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:29 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
You got that ther ole red Ryder baw?
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:32 pm to genro
Cool backstory
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:34 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Here's another fact for you:
And a couple of birds:
And a couple of birds:
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:34 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
That's a beautiful bird.
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:36 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Coonass say "it git caught, it git et."
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:36 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Fact: rammer jammer yellow hammer is just a bunch of jibberish like the Ole Miss song they hijacked. Flimmer flammer bimmer bammer rammer jammer Alabammer.
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:39 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Do you not learn your state bird and motto and shite when you're in Louisiana grade school?
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:41 pm to genro
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state motto
Being
United
Generates
Attitude
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:46 pm to genro
I have no historical research to prove this, it is simply my own mind wandering. But, I'd bet that the phrase, "Ram 'er, jam 'er, yellow hammer, give 'em hell, Alabama," is at the least a modern descendent of a soldier's chant during the Civil War, most likely from the artillery.
Like I said, I have no proof, so don't ask for or expect a link.
Like I said, I have no proof, so don't ask for or expect a link.
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:47 pm to genro
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Do you not learn your state bird
Well we don't sing songs about it. We named a basketball team after it but thats as far as we take things!
Posted on 11/6/15 at 4:55 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Story of the Yellowhammer Nickname
Alabama Troops of the Confederacy
Alabama is known as the "Yellowhammer State", and the Yellowhammer is the official state bird. During the "War of Northern Aggression", Alabama soldiers were known as "Yellowhammers", probably more commonly pronounced, "Yallerhammers." One version of the story behind this as as follows:
In the summer of 1861, an eager group of 90 Confederate horsemen from Huntsville joined Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry near Hopkinsville, KY. Their wives had made new grey cotton uniforms and brightened the garments with yellow trim around the sleeves and collar. The women were proud of their brave men, and like all wives, wanted them to look nice.
When the Alabama recruits rode into camp, one of Forrest's men named Will Arnett called out in jest, "Yellowhammer, yellowhammer, flicker, flicker, flicker." Arnett had never seen such pretty uniforms and knew that they would soon be stained with mud and blood. Throughout the War, Alabamians were known as, "Allerbammer yallerhammers."
After the War, Alabama veterans often wore the feather of a yellowhammer in the lapel of their coat. Some put a yellowhammer wing in the wide band of their hats. Yallerhammer Clubs were established in many cities to honor the memory of Alabama's Civil War sacrifice.
Alabama Troops of the Confederacy
Alabama is known as the "Yellowhammer State", and the Yellowhammer is the official state bird. During the "War of Northern Aggression", Alabama soldiers were known as "Yellowhammers", probably more commonly pronounced, "Yallerhammers." One version of the story behind this as as follows:
In the summer of 1861, an eager group of 90 Confederate horsemen from Huntsville joined Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry near Hopkinsville, KY. Their wives had made new grey cotton uniforms and brightened the garments with yellow trim around the sleeves and collar. The women were proud of their brave men, and like all wives, wanted them to look nice.
When the Alabama recruits rode into camp, one of Forrest's men named Will Arnett called out in jest, "Yellowhammer, yellowhammer, flicker, flicker, flicker." Arnett had never seen such pretty uniforms and knew that they would soon be stained with mud and blood. Throughout the War, Alabamians were known as, "Allerbammer yallerhammers."
After the War, Alabama veterans often wore the feather of a yellowhammer in the lapel of their coat. Some put a yellowhammer wing in the wide band of their hats. Yallerhammer Clubs were established in many cities to honor the memory of Alabama's Civil War sacrifice.
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