The cable TV channel History 2, or H2, has some shows about the origins of words. (I don’t always believe them)The term redneck they say started in Scotland with bishops wearing red cloths around their necks to show that they were rebelling (against whom, I am not sure).I believed for 50 years that the term applied to men who worked outside and the sun burned them unevenly.
The cable TV channel History 2, or H2, has some shows about the origins of words. (I don’t always believe them)The term redneck they say started in Scotland with bishops wearing red cloths around their necks to show that they were rebelling (against whom, I am not sure).I believed for 50 years that the term applied to men who worked outside and the sun burned them unevenly.