Windleisms:
some of the words of Jack, complete with explanations
Borrow a sharp ax, take a sharp ax home.
The dream never dies, just the dreamer.
I've got money that's never been spent.
Sharper than a needle-dicked dog. (used when referring to a person's appearance)
Going out to clean the pasture springs. I shant be gone long. You come too? (He often said this when going out to check the cows. It was a line from another poem/song he often recited.)
I'm just here because I'm not somewhere else.
You can smile when you can not be heard.
Buy ye books and buy ye books, and you just eat the covers off.
I'm gonna get 'nekkid' and run through the water. (aka take a shower)
But what do I know? Not a damn thing.
