[DuncanWaring]

Well, he does have them “Yankee-blue” clothes.

[muawiyah]

That part of Kentucky was Yankee Blue All the Way Every Day ~ Kill a Reb for Dinner, Stick'em in a Pot.

Still is.

It's the "revenooer" angle that is relevant here. Outsiders are distrusted ~ as are neighbors you don't like.