[Jacob-list] "Gunnysack"

[Neal and Louise Grose]

"Gunnysack" has been used to describe a burlap bag in South Appalachian dialects for well over a hundred years .

It may well have come here by way of trade in the 1600 - 1700s. 

Fascinating.

Neal Grose
in the Foothills of North Carolina
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Juliet & Gordon 
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  Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Help on Pricing


  <<wood, a pillow case or gunnysack work as well?>>

  Hi Anita

  A pillow case is fine for your own storage but not to sell in - looks a bit unprofessional !  Also you could soon run out of pillow cases in the bedroom!

  I don't know what a gunnysack is.....  if it is woven jute then that is what we call hessian over here and is good. Ah, I just looked it up in the dictionary : "a coarse hardwearing fabric usually made from jute...C18 from Hindi, from Sanskrit...prob of Dravidian origin".  What a wonderful old word !  Sounds perfect for storing fleece !
  Juliet




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