2006-12-18 19:31:56 · 14 answers · asked by The atheist revolutionary 2 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Flour sacks used to be made out of fabric. Women would tear the used bags up into rags and use them. Thats where the term "on the rag" comes from.
2006-12-18 20:00:32 · answer #1 · answered by Carole 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rags: thus the term "riding the rag."
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2006-12-18 19:52:20 · answer #2 · answered by The Invisible Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wondered about the flour sacks and one having a yeast infection and the summer heat, weather that would cause the rags to rise or swell........sorry, just thinking out loud.
Man the women folk get it from both ends, don't they? No pun intended if there was one.
2006-12-21 15:38:02 · answer #3 · answered by smially 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rags, Actually referred to them as Granny Rags. Gross!!! They had to wash those suckers and re-use them. And no washing machines either. Struck me as being funny the way you said "launched their first sanitary napkin", like it was launched out of a cannon. Hope it hit it's intended target. LOL
2006-12-18 19:34:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
My grandmother reported to me when I was young, that years ago, flour was sold in 20 lb bags at the grocery store. the bags were made of a soft cotton usually flower printed material.The ladies would take those grocery flour bags and make "pads", by cutting out "pads" and sewing the layers together. If they were in open territory, and traveling, they would bury the used "pads". If the ladies were at home, they would wash them out by hand, and use them over and over again.
2006-12-18 23:24:47 · answer #5 · answered by mb-47 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rags. I think the term, "on the rag" is a gross one.
I think it is much better for women to use the '50's expression, "I fell off the roof."
2006-12-22 18:30:39 · answer #6 · answered by Incognito 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think "rags" are the answer. This is most likely where the term "on the rag" came from...
2006-12-18 20:40:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rags, therefore the term, 'got the rags on'.
2006-12-18 19:34:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rags. That's how the term 'got my rags' came about.
2006-12-18 19:33:26 · answer #9 · answered by babycakes 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
they wore 3 layered dresses before that.
2006-12-18 19:34:08 · answer #10 · answered by The Ascending Serpent 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋