My father used to talk about how Georgia molassas makers would determine the grade by color. He said they would go by the darkness of various black women in the community, so if a light complected woman was named Ira, and the molassas was the same color as she was, the molassas would have obtained the color and grade of Ira.
I have no idea if this is true or not. My father was a big BSer. But it's a great story.
Your Father wasn't from Cairo, was he?
"I have no idea if this is true or not. My father was a big BSer. But it's a great story."
LOL. One time my dad was in the middle of a yarn, and someone said the story wasn't true. We all looked at the guy like he was from another planet.
Of course the story wasn't true. My dad was telling it.
Was your dad Irish, by chance?