People used gourd bowls (when they had just been started being made) for eating. Gourd bowls were also used to carry water and to drink from.
The "Drinking Gourd" is an alternate name of the Big Dipper, an asterism (star formation) in the northern sky. The dipper stars in the "bowl" of the Big Dipper point to Polaris, the pole star. Walking towards the pole star (following the Drinking Gourd) takes you northwards.
they found the gold in the gourd they dug up.
The clues are found in Follow the Drinking Gourd.
Follow The Drinking Gourd was giving directions to freedom. Every other sentence had directions on where to go to find the man who will lead you to freedom. We just did this unit in my English class. Hope this helps.
Gourd
1. Bottle gourd 2. Snake gourd 3. Pointed gourd 4. Teasel gourd 5. Bitter gourd
Are you out of your gourd? Will you be so kind as to pass me the red gourd, please? A gourd makes a terrible football.
A gourd is made out of a hollowed out plant, aptly named 'a gourd.'
Jonathan Gourd's birth name is Jonathan Gourd.
gourd of ashes will fall from the air.
Gourd Music was created in 1987.
Robert Gourd was born in 1933.
"Bottle gourd" in Tagalog is "upo."
Bitter Gourd is a climber...?
Yes, a pumpkin is a gourd, but some gourds are only ornamental.
It depends on the kind of gourd. Some are edible, some aren't.