To: Dr. Franklin
You are asking about two different things. The word Cracker referring to a person references a Florida cowboy.
Some seem to think that it refers to "soda crackers", which are actually tan but no matter, as a slur for white people. Which may be the case now but was not the case when Cracker Barrel came to be. The "old country store" bit should clue you in to the fact the name comes from the cracker barrel that was a staple of the country store along with the pickle barrel and the cheese block.
As for you "asking for friend" Doubtful.
87 posted on
08/12/2025 10:13:16 PM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
As for you "asking for friend" Doubtful.
FReepers are very helpful. FReepers always ask for a friend!
89 posted on
08/12/2025 10:48:39 PM PDT by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Harmless Teddy Bear; BerryDingle
“Cracker” is an Americanized version of the Irish word "craicker”, which means a person who talks idly or chats, shoots the breeze, dishes gossip, etc. Georgia was a largely Irish colony. Scots-Irish settled NC and the mid Appalachian region of WVA, Kentucky, Tennessee.
Craic
In those southeastern regions, “cracker” historically had nothing whatsoever to do to with whips.
113 posted on
08/13/2025 8:56:45 AM PDT by
Albion Wilde
(If [mortals] are so wicked with religion, what would they be without it? —Benjamin Franklin)
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