Interesting explanation.  My theory is that north is "up" and south is
"down", just like on a map.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G  "OO NINE"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt"  -- Mark Twain
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> From: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
> To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: "Going South" :-)
> Date: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 6:20 PM
> 
> >>How come parts never go "North?"
>   JUST because you asked....
>   I believe this dates from the period just post-Civil War  :-) :-)
> and is more-or-less synonymous with "Gone to Texas".
>           Ed in 'North' Carolina ;-)
 
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