Re: [Cz-L] Rag Market

Rags , like Schmattes , is applied for used clothings in the best of
English.
Hardy

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From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "Ellen Greenspan" <ellengreenspan_at_optonline.net>
Cc: <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Rag Market

> People in general did not buy rags, even though there were
> a very few who did; those were rags bought for the paper industry.
> But the Yiddish word for rag is: Shmateh and often it was applied
> to used clothing, for which there always was a market
> and particularly in late 1944 and 1945. I remember going
> to this market which was held on the Mehlplatz.
>
> Mimi
> On Nov 20, 2013, at 7:25 AM, Ellen Greenspan wrote:
>
>> Hardy mentioned a place that used to be a rag market. Did people buy
>> rags?
>> [Ellen Greenspan]
>>

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