My Dad used to tell me that I'd probably wind up with a 'price on my head'............ wonder if that's what he meant when he always called me 'gourd head'? Fred Smoot wrote: > 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 > > > > > * > > ==== TNCHAT Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list please visit: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnunion/tnchat > This list is generously donated by Rootsweb for our use. > Complete rules for TnChat may be found at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnunion/tnchat