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The word redneck originates from Scotland and refers to supporters of the National Covenant and The Solemn League and Covenant, otherwise known as Covenanters - largely lowland Presbyterians.
The Covenanters in the mid 1600's signed documents that stated Scotland desired the Presbyterian form of church government and would not accept the Church of England as its official state church. To signify their desire, many Covenanters signed the documents in their own blood, would spill their blood to keep this from happening and wore red pieces of cloth around their necks as distinctive insignia - hence the term Redneck.
These Scottish Presbyterians migrated from their lowland Scottish home to Ulster (the northern province of Ireland) during the 17th Century and soon settled in considerable numbers in North America across the 18th Century. In America these settlers are known as Scotch-Irish and since many (especially in what would become the SouthSouth Location in the U. Population: 99,664,761 Total Area: 2,384,143 kmē Largest City (proper): Houston, Texas 2,009,834 Highest Elevation: Guadalupe Peak 2,667 m Lowest Elevation: New Orleans -2. 5 m Largest State: Texas 696,241 kmē Smallest State: Dela) were Presbyterian, the term was bestowed to them and their descendants.
The original meaning of redneck is not what it is today. Used either as a pejorativeA word or phrase is pejorative if it expresses contempt or disapproval about the thing or person described. Most pejorative expressions may also be used in a non-pejorative way, however, and (as with any implied meaning) determining the intent of the spea or as a matter of prideIn Christian dogma, pride (or vanity is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is listed as one of the Seven Deadly Sins, the term redneck refers to the stereotypicalOriginally a stereotype was an impression taken from a form of movable lead type and used for printing instead of the original type. This was generalized into a metaphor for repeating a set of ideas identically with no changes (as would have been possible southern U.S., ruralRural areas are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities and towns. Such areas are distinct from more intensively settled urban and suburban areas, and also from unsettled lands such as outback or wilderness. People live in villages, lower-class Caucasian. The stereotypical redneck has a beer belly, deeply conservative Dixiecrat political views, lives in a trailer, drives a pickup truck with a Rebel flag decal and gun rack in the rear window, has a mullet haircut with long sideburns, and enjoys hunting, professional wrestling, NASCAR, monster truck rallies and car engine repair. Country is their preferred genre of music.
The term derives from such individuals having a red neck caused by working outdoors in the sunlight over the course of their lifetime. The effect of decades of direct sunlight on the exposed skin of the back of the neck not only reddens fair skin, but renders it leathery and tough, and typically very wrinkled by late middle age.