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10-22-2011, 09:19 PM

#161

MsEithne

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Originally Posted by JanTx

Anyone else use "Cotton picking" as a negative comment? "That cotton picking dog got into the trash again!" I grew up with this and never thought about how strange that is until I was reading this thread! :)

It's a class/status insult; someone so poor they had to pick cotton was regarded with disdain, particularly if a person of colour or a migrant worker.

10-22-2011, 09:40 PM

#162

JanTx

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My dad said "pea pickin" too. His family lost their farm in the depression and became share croppers. They had all done a lot of pickin'.

10-23-2011, 12:17 AM

#163

katigirl

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Now that's really going to the source. lol.

10-23-2011, 12:31 AM

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AKDaffyodil

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Cool pics. Thanks for sharing.

10-23-2011, 01:54 AM

#165

thrums

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Thanks for sharing.

I had not seen this until I moved to TN.

10-23-2011, 04:18 AM

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harley

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Thanks that's so neat

10-23-2011, 06:14 AM

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scaroca

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awesome. Thanks for sharing. I loved seeing the beginning of my quilts.

10-23-2011, 09:30 AM

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Lisa Marie

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Thank you so much for sharing these photos, always have been curious.

10-23-2011, 09:39 AM

#169

Nanjun

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Thanks for your pictures. I live only maybe two blocks from some of our cotton fields and I saw many bundles of picked cotton this year. I don't think there is a shortage of cotton for the mills.

10-23-2011, 01:50 PM

#170

catmcclure

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Brings back a lot of memories. Cotton fields are one reason I got married at 15. Hated picking cotton, tolerated pulling cotton. Had a lot of fun as a kid playing in the cottonseed pile at the gin. Itchy fun, but fun nevertheless. Learned to drive at 7-1/2 on a big John Deere tractor.