Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Rules of the Rednecks... > At 01:34 PM 1/20/02 -0600, Sonny Carter wrote: > >Uh, Marc and RP > > I know that many people believe that sun-burnt necks was the root of the > >phrase, but my sources disagree with that, and also with the idea I > >presented, though I have heard the Scottish Mercenary story before, I was > >unable to unearth it, since the Cammie Henry Research Center (where I work) > >is closed for the long weekend. > > Sonny > > The Appalachians were filled to the brim with Irish and Highland Scots > immigrants, but I (who come from this same stock) know of no special > significance to "red" neckscarves among the Celts. In fact, in the > northern UK and Scots Lowlands and in the Six Counties, "red neck" is a > disparaging term used by Protestants speaking of Roman Catholics. > > And I am fairly familiar with a lot of American Civil War history -- after > all, I live in the midst of its traces! -- and have never heard of any > soldiers, North or South, with a practice of making a red scarf an item of > their uniform. > > Interesting stuff! > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html