During the War 'Twixt the States, the Confederates needed new sources of saltpetre for their blackpowder manufacture. They started asking the ladies to save their urine. Here's a little song concerning the situation.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUG2U5AYVpk&feature=player_embedded
OK, now it's funny.
During the war the Confederacy also tried bat guana from cave floors as a source of saltpetre to mix with sulphur and charcoal for artillary powder. The result was an inferior product, thus spawning the Sourthern saying that something or somebody is "sorry as batshit".
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