A snake whip is so called because they have no handle and can be curled up into a small circle looking just like a snake to the unwary. In the old days new chums would be frightened by the old hands on stations when they would leave one of these leather Snake whips curled on the ground for the new chum to stumble across and watch the reaction, mostly near heart attacks because these new chums where for the most part freshly arrived from England and had most probably never seen a snake .  No TV in those days so they had to amuse themselves somehow.
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