Re: Origin of the word 'Peruvian' to describe jewws on the doamond nad goldfields #southafrica #general


Shirley Holton
 

My parents - in the North of England - used the term to describe in a derogatory way Jews whose doings they thought were old fashioned, uneducated  - from 'der haim'. Where the derivation is I don't know.

Shirley Holton
London, England

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