klsallee wrote:Marilyn Tassy wrote:Speaking of the candy brand, "Negro" I heard last week that the factory is leaving Hungary , think going to Germany.
I heard they were moving to Turkey: Cheaper labor.Marilyn Tassy wrote:Asked why they candy was called NEGRO.
I explained to her that it was named after chimney sweepers in HU.
Negro is simply "black" in Spanish and Portuguese, from the Latin "Niger". Sweeps wear traditionally black cloths. It is really the simple.
That is not quite true, all the chimney sweeops I have known have worn any colour they want. They GET black from all the coal dust. My mate Ally wore wzite overalls....l to start with.