Show ali term greenhorn taft term greenhorn originated in this way the pioneers of the west were much given to hunting deer it was a fact know nto the early cottiers that when the born ot a fawn began to grow there was a ring of green hair around the spot where the horn was coming out it waa considered a disgraceful thing for a hunter to kill a awn a cruel act and the killing time was regulated by the growth of the horn there was a sort of unwritten law that no one should kill a male fawn before jtb borns could be seen A person who waa ao as to bill a deer under the proper age was callian a greenhorn he was so named the young byrn of the deer and the hair arounds were atall green the use of the appellation gradually spread until it was applied to all raw or inexperienced perien ced youths or persons easily imposed |