Gringo

submitted by Grant Carson, editor, Big D Bulletin

Item: The pejorative term "gringos" for Norte Americanos was coined during the Mexican war. A very popular American song started with the words, "Green grows the lilac . . . ." Mexicans heard the American troopers sing this song around campfires often, hence "gringos."

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