Talk:Dixie

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The idea that the word Dixie was invented is slightly bizarre considering the fact that the Lord Mayor of London in the year 1585 was named Sir Wolstan Dixie and the Dixie family has continued to the present day. Jack Hill 03.02.05

Although an uncommon usage dixie can also be used for pot or kettle. As in "he stirred the stew in the dixie." Might be useful to disambiguate.

While in Charleston, SC, I was told by a hobby historian on Middleton Plantation that the name Dixie came from rice bales. A whole bale of rice was called a "dixie" (I don't remember if he said, why), and since rice was the gold of the South, it came to be identified with the South. Petra from Germany, but with heart lost to Charleston, 31.01.06

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