Mudcat Café message #2371189

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Thread #112155 Message #2371189
Posted By: GUEST,Arkie
20-Jun-08 - 10:49 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Expression - a peck of dirt
Subject: RE: BS: Expression - a peck of dirt

I heard the expression as a youth in the Tidewater section of Virginia. In elementary school in the 1940s we were taught about pecks as a unit of measurement but it was not in practical use. I supposed it had been actually used in former times when the expression was coined.