2007-05-25 09:29:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
No, just a figure of speech.
2007-05-25 09:37:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes--"The ugly stick is a traditional Newfoundland musical instrument fashioned out of household and tool shed items, typically a mop handle with bottle caps, tin cans, small bells and other noise makers. The instrument is played with a drum stick and has a distinctive sound."
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1 Origin
2 Construction
3 Playing
4 Trivia
5 See also
6 External links
2007-05-25 16:49:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about the ugly stick, but my brother fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down!!
2007-05-25 16:42:15 · answer #3 · answered by jsardi56 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fishin' answers are good, but the term also relates to stick thin women who are ugly as sin and break if you look at them. So be warned ladies.........eat well and enjoy life to stop looking like an ugly stick.
2007-05-25 16:38:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My little brother was hit with the ugly stick. No joke. That boy is uuugly.
2007-05-25 16:36:09 · answer #5 · answered by Sugar Sweet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes--it's a fishing rod made by the Shakespeare Company
2007-05-25 16:34:27 · answer #6 · answered by wanda3s48 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep, they were called that in reference to makeshift fishing poles, an "ugly" stick used by the po' folk
2007-05-25 16:33:02 · answer #7 · answered by sandi c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THere are even Ugly Trees, I believe!!
2007-05-25 17:27:29 · answer #8 · answered by DC818 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, that was the name of my old fishing pole!
2007-05-25 16:32:17 · answer #9 · answered by Drampor 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes and you got hit by every one of them...lol
2007-05-25 16:32:39 · answer #10 · answered by Amanda F 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋