How do you tie a noose? and what us the history behind, and or the origins of the Noose?

Question

I want to know how to tie a noose. I am pretty lame when it comes to knots, so I need a good description and maybe even a good visual representation, with minimal confusion. It would also be nice to be able to get some history of the knot itself. I am actually pretty clueless as to the origins of the noose, all I know is it has to have some sort of history in the KKK, I have tried google-ing... Any help I could get would be greatly appreciated. All I found from google are some confusing diagrams, and another thread on yahoo answers about the noose, and it provided no answers to my questions ((I can assure you that i'm not trying to kill MYSELF))

Answer 1

Nooses were used to hang african americans from trees and that's why it's linked to the kkk. I don't know how to tie a noose and I wonder why you need to know why yourself, what do you need to hang? en.wikipedia.org can most likely help you out anyways.

Answer 2

Thank you picador, for deflating the race card that was immediately played.  It gets ridiculous.

Actually, Klansmen in a hurry probably didn't have time to do up a proper hangman's noose, they probably just used simple slip knots.

Answer 3

Look up knots in a good dictionary or the web. The noose is a gruesome example of a "running knot"  which tightens the more that it is drawn upon. It has far more uses than hanging, although it was used for hanging Europeans long before the first black person set foot in the New World.