On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I had supper with Sidi the other night and he shared another term used by > the Gullah folk. He said when he was little (he is probably 75ish) growing > up among the Gullah folk the kids would call him a "buckrah" or something > like that. Apparently this was the term used by the slaves for the > overseer/manager, who were generally Scots/Irish young men. The chirruns > had picked up this word from their older family members. > Don't recall the etymology off the top of my head, but "buckra" is roughly the Caribbean equivalent of "Honkey"... -MMM- _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
