#gunnysack — Public Fediverse posts

Post updated today. Previously I speculated based on a detail from the meme photo that our spudly heroine was wearing a gunny sack dress or draped in burlap potato sacks. After hitting "post" late last night I noticed that the higher-resolution pic from the San Diego archives showed a confirming clear image of burlap-weave fabric between and under the potatoes:

#Burlap #GunnySack #Sackcloth #Dress #GunnySackDress #PotatoSack

There's been a fake-looking meme photo circulating since at least 2013 (and probably much longer) of a woman, said to be Miss Idaho 1935, buried naked in a pile of potatoes. Someone asked me if it was real, and the answer may surprise you. Not naked, and not Miss Idaho, but yes she was the eye candy for a potato promotion event (in California) in 1935!

https://www.erosblog.com/2024/09/10/vintage-potato-girl-not-miss-idaho-but-real/

#Meme #Potatoes #MissIdaho #Pageant #Naked #Nude #Spuds #GunnySack #GunnySackDress #California #SanDiego #1935 #1930s

@clacke @Siiw
(Usually on the day of his 'arrival', which usually is the weekend after #SintMaarten (#SaintMartin; held on #November11'th it's the #Dutch equivalent/predecessor of #Halloween's #TrickOrTreat AFAIK), and in some cases repeated periodically till the 5th.)
This probably kinda lead to not putting your shoe on the actual #SinterklaasAvond celebration on the 5th, but rather a #juteZak (#jute #gunnySack) with more/bigger presents.
Belgians probably kept it more traditional.

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