What is a 'Jimmy John'? (Gandydancer's Ball)

Subject: RE: What is a 'Jimmy John'?
From: Banjer
Date: 19 Mar 00 - 07:00 AM

I can't say for sure what a 'demijohn' is but it seems that a 'semijohn' would be a facility for halfassed people. A half holer as a opposed to the more traditional one or two holers.

Subject: RE: What is a 'Jimmy John'?
From: GUEST,who doesn't know much
Date: 19 Mar 00 - 06:04 AM

what's a demijohn?

Subject: RE: What is a 'Jimmy John'?
From: Bill in Alabama
Date: 19 Mar 00 - 01:11 AM

'spaw--

In spite of the 5-string AND the jimmy john, I reckon I've got a few cells left--even after I used up most of what I had learning Blue Clicky Things here this morning.

Subject: RE: What is a 'Jimmy John'?
From: catspaw49
Date: 19 Mar 00 - 01:03 AM

Thanks Bill......from a railroad standpoint, this one was driving me nuts. Any relation to Hoppin' John? This one I had never run across. Glad all that banjo pickin' hadsn't sapped your brain!!

Spaw

Subject: RE: What is a 'Jimmy John'?
From: Bill in Alabama
Date: 19 Mar 00 - 12:51 AM

It's a demijohn--the term is a well-intrenched southern dialectism. It appears also in the phrase *Hot corn, cold corn, bring along the jimmy john* in the song *Hot Corn*.

Subject: RE: What is a 'Jimmy John'?
From: catspaw49
Date: 19 Mar 00 - 12:16 AM

Think you can give us the line or lines as you think they are for a context? I assume we're talking RR terms here which I have some familiarity with, but this doesn't ring any bells........If you have a bit more of the context, maybe it would help.

Spaw

Subject: RE: What is a 'Jimmy John'?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 18 Mar 00 - 11:31 PM

Could it be demi john?

Subject: What is a 'Jimmy John'?
From: GUEST,the4cathouse
Date: 18 Mar 00 - 11:16 PM

Any Gandydancers out there? In the song "The Gandydancer's Ball" there is mention of dancing around the "Jimmy John" (not sure of the spelling). Does anyone know what a Jimmy John is?