Talk:Gunny sack

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when editing an article in the main space - editors should not leave a time and date stamp. this is just for talk pages. this article reads more like an ad for gunny sacks and in my opinion should be cleaned up and merged into burlap. H2O 02:45, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Gunny Sack and Burlap are not the same thing

Dear H2O

Burlap is the raw material for Gunny Sack and Gunny sack is one of the finished products that can be made from Burlap.

Asif Anwar

Gunny?

What's a gunny? Is that from coney/cunny meaning

Recent Changes

Well, I tried to clean up a bit so the page reads less like an advertisement, but it would be helpful if someone who knew something about the gunny/jute sack industry could explain a few things. For instance, are there standard sizes? What's the history of these things? I also added a couple links to the Gunny page, which explains the etymology of the word. Indeterminate 21:09, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Whaaaa ... ???

"Holding a gunny sack will not transform you into a fearless maniac driven only by a lust for blood." ... huh?! Thulcandra (talk) 17:47, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Why not delete vandalism upon seeing it? Anyway, it's gone now. Zonder (talk) 18:39, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

The same fabric has been used throughout antiquity as part of mortification of the flesh rituals. The wording might be bad, but it might merit some kind of reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.215.181.68 (talk) 23:39, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Gunny Sack

I was born in 1957 Adair County Oklahoma. My father and grandparents called this sack a "Toe Sack". I am not sure how to spell it, "toe", "tow"? In my mind it was about the same as saying, "Tote Sack". I have since met someone about 20 years older than me that uses the same name for the sack. He is from North Central Texas. Lynn Harvey

My mother was born in 1924 and I am editing a story she wrote about her grandparents farm in Muskogee County, Oklahoma. I have the same question. She wrote about "toe sacks" when describing burlap sacks and I wondered if it was misspelled. Now I'm thinking that those sacks were probably called just that, toe sacks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.171.29.198 (talk) 02:29, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Sounds right to me, a "tow sack", pronounced "toe sack" is made of tow, and is the same as the gunny sack mentioned in the entry. Thisfox (talk) 03:52, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

origin

1711, Anglo-Indian goney "coarse fabric," from Hindi goni, from Skt. goni "sack." Gunny sack attested by 1862. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.37.17.159 (talk) 21:08, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Other use

I recall, but can't verify with a source, gunny sacks being the usual container for grocery shopping in the U.S. in the 1950s. Kdammers (talk) 02:40, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

I was a kid in the fifties and I can tell you that the kraft paper grocery bag was standard in New England and around Washington DC. I suspect it was standard in most places. https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-9621/Retail-Bags-Paper/Paper-Grocery-Bags-12-x-7-x-17-1-6-Barrel-Kraft Dbeierl (talk) 14:58, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Name change

Hello my fellow wiki adventurers! I'd like to change the name of this to "potato sack" instead of "gunny sack" because potato sack is a more commonly used term for a burlap sack. GreaseMaster62 (talk) 00:47, 24 September 2024 (UTC)