The Ladies TeaStop in and grab a quick cup of tea! All sorts of ladies issues are disscussed here. Both Ladies and Gentlemen are welcome to join in the conversations.
"According to numerous observers of the time, the most distinctive characteristic that set apart many southern women from their Northern sisters was their fondness for tobacco."
Whoa, Sam! That was much more than I wanted to hear. Somewhere in the archives is a letter sent home a Yank occupying Corinth, MS.
Kinda does the 'baccy thing some contemporary justice.
ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
These folks could be writing about my Granny Cockerham. A finer woman never lived. Fortunately, she was neat. The brush of choice was birch, don't ask me why. I guess the fibers separated and cleaned 'well'. I work about 20 blocks from the snuff plant (Bruton, US Tobacco), but never had the urge to visit. Still don't. By the way, Granny cleaned her teeth in a snuff glass, usually the drinking vessel of choice in the mountains.
You fellas ever hear of a "snuff eating" dog? Somehow, I don't think that phrase was meant as a compliment to the dog.
__________________
Ancestors in US Army: 13th TN Cav; 10th TN Cav; 3rd NC Inf
Ancestors in CSA Army: 48th VA; 63rd VA, 5th NC Cav; 37th NC
Wife and Grandson's CSA: 15th AL, 51st GA, 41st TN; 36th TN; GA Mil 1197 Dist
Last edited by larry_cockerham : 12-01-2007 at 09:43 AM.
I'm curious, and ask the last 4 posters, did you actually witness those ladies in the act, or were these passed down stories? Did they continue to do it in their old age or was it a just a youthful indulgence (as snorting cocaine will be to the future grandmothers of America).
__________________
-
"It was a very peculiar time." - Franklin D. Cossitt
Ancestors in USA Army: 6th IA Inf, 11th IL Cav, 1st AL Cav; 122nd NY Inf; 6th MI Cav; 35th MA Inf; 100th IL Inf; 1st CO Inf/Cav; 22nd IN Inf
My grandmother dipped Bruton snuff and swallowed it instead of spitting because, and I quote, "it aint ladylike to carry around a spit jar"
My grandfather also dipped, but he did carry around a small Folgers instant coffee jar. In the cabinet of their kitchen was a full collection of Bruton Snuff drinking vessels. Both glass and the amber colored plastic ones.
And yes, sam, I have personally witnessed her using snuff.
__________________ "Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our inclinations, or the dictums of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
Answer me a question: Was the use of chewing tobacco, snuff, snoos, unique to southern women? If any of my acquaintance ever did that sort of thing, I never saw it. (Although the first mother-in-law kept a pack of Lucky Strikes hidden.)
Interesting subject.
ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
At this point, I should note the re-emegence of our good friend, tarheel. Welcome back, peckerwood!
ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
CivilWarTalk.com -
A free and friendly Civil War community. 
Southern Ladies and their Tobacco Habits 
Linear Mode
