Haiti used the gourd as currency in the early 1800s. Today the term "gourde" is applied to their coinage. Fred Smoot **** Joyce Reece wrote: > > There is a legend..... A chief of one of the ancient island cultures needed > something of value to use as a currency. Since gourds were one of the most > valuable commodities on the island he decided to use those. They used them > for eating from, carrying water in etc etc > > Joyce Gaston Reece, Rootsweb Listminder > for NE-TN; Hembree; Galbraith; Knuckles; Raper > & Meigs Co., Tennessee > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Morom01@aol.com> > To: <TNCHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 9:18 PM > Subject: [TNCHAT] Gourds? > > > In a message dated 8/1/00 9:12:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jreece@icx.net > > writes: > > > > << That was gourds. >> > > > > Gourds? Please explain. I may have to go raid my dad's garden, if gourds > are > > worth something somewhere, I'll be rich! And to think, he was going to let > > birds live in them! > > > > Chip > > *