But “cracker” really applies to the cracking of cattle drovers’ whips. Those were the original “crackers.”
That's exactly right, Florida Cattle drovers herding Yellowhammers using dogs possibly riding Marsh Tackies. (Not to be confused with the Florida Cracker Horse, which was also likely).
71 posted on 06/28/2013 9:04:19 AM PDT by BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)