Snus in 1942 Film

[bewtros]

So apparently the "Schnickelfritz Band" is from St. Paul, MN, where they likely knew of snus. Anyway, at about 1:20 into the song "Turkey in the Straw" there's a snus reference. It's part of the movie "Gold Diggers in Paris." Check out the clip here:

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Freddie Fisher site:
http://www.freddiefisher.com/

Just thought fellow snusers and Minnesotans would get a kick out of this.[/code]

[PassedPawn]

"What's the use of chewin' dat snus, when you got to spit out most the juice."

That must've been some harsh snus they had back then.

[BrianC]

Hehe, nice find. I found it quite entertaining.

[Maxpower05080]

Don't they know snus is spitless?! :wink:

[snusjus]

American "Dip" originated from Swedish snus as a result of Scandinavians immigrated to America. Perhaps they're referring to the Americanized version of snus. I could be wrong. Perhaps they just can't bake a decent pris.

[RobsanX]

Awesome video! I've been looking into the history of snus a little, and this is a great find!

[9 Jack 9]

American "Dip" originated from Swedish snus as a result of Scandinavians immigrated to America. Perhaps they're referring to the Americanized version of snus. I could be wrong. Perhaps they just can't bake a decent pris.

Snoose was the term used Way Back When for strong chewing tobacco, and it definitely came from Swedish immigrants. I've seen it referred to as far back as the 1850s in a history of Seattle pioneers, for instance. (the suburb of Ballard used to be affectionatedly referred to as Snoose Junction because of a predominant Swedish population.)

This Wisconsin logging history site defines snoose as:

Damp snuff for chewing, used by lumberjacks. It is said that no one knows what is in it, but all agree it is most powerful chewing tobacco. It was placed under upper or lower lip. Same as Copenhagen, Scandihoovian-dynamite, Swede-brain-food, Swedish-conditioner-powder.

"Scandihoovian Dynamite" has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

So what it sounds like to me is that Swedish immigrants brought their snus over to the US and the already-settled pioneers took a liking to it, but their version changed along the way and became dip.