A knotted plow line is a plow line made of thick leather used to tie the plow to the horses. The Outlaw Josie Wales told his dying partner "You get those holes a leakin', I'm gonna whomp you with a knotted plow line." It's an old saying. But I understand if a damned yankee never heard it before. The south shall rise again. And we'll be bringin' some knotted plow lines with us. Oh, and those guys are supposed to swing by Indiana and pick me up on the way.