Red Mickey

[eveled]

Has anyone ever heard of a common red masonry brick called a “Red Mickey”? A guy at work insists it is a common slang term for a red brick, but none of us have ever heard of it anywhere else.

Thanks in advance for your experience and reply.

 

[coach]

I’ve been around construction for close to 40 years and I never heard brick called that. So many colors other than just red. Common brick I hear called red brick, but not usually by contractors/masons.

 

[T.A. WORKMAN]

I've been a bricklayer for 52 years and I never heard the term.
That being said does not mean someone somewhere does use the term. :) :wink:

Terry

 

[blume357]

Nope, I think some one slipped or slapped him with a brick and called it a red mickey....

 

[eveled]

Lol! That’s was a figured. Thanks for the help.

 

[Uncle Howie]

I've been a bricklayer for 52 years and I never heard the term.

Terry

Something tells me that you likely have a firm handshake! :P

 

[john guedry]

My dad layed bricks his whole life and I never heard him or any of his friends use that term.

 

[turd]

I worked in a residential architecture office for more than 22 years, and I've never heard this, either. I was a licensed landscape architect and have worked with outdoor free standing brick walls several times. Must be a local colloquial term.

 

[toysoldier]

The only logic I can see in calling it a "red Mickey" is if you put a brick in a sock and hit someone with it (as my veterinarian did to his wife).

 

[powder smoke]

Worked Construction my entire life never heard that phrase.
But I have heard of Red Kelly bricks which are common for chimneys and such
they come in many shades of red to brown. ps

 

[Watchman]

Never heard of it. But I have heard of "moose milk". :)

 

[CLAYPOOL]

I think what happened to him was a "RED HICKEY". That's where you were kissed AFTER the drinks were in, so to speak. Also possibly after getting home after a long night... and the wife......

 

[Big Larry 1]

Really guys ?
Take a walk through Haverhill, Lawrence and Lowell Mass along the Merrimack River, Nashua, Manchester, Portsmouth, and Exeter NH to name an few, and countless other Mill cities along major waterway that were constructed during the Industrial age. All those red brick Mill Buildings that were built in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, were built by Irish Immigrants. At the time the Irish were looked down on, and derogatory names for the Irish were Paddy and Mick. The bricks that the Irish made, and there were millions of them, quickly got nicknamed “Red Mick’s”.
Now you know…

 

[eveled]

Thankyou. @Big Larry 1 The person that said it grew up and lives in Lowell. So this makes a lot of sense.

Also Kelly being an Irish name Calling it a Mick makes sense. I grew up in one of the first mill towns Waltham. Evidently the mighty Charles River wasn’t strong enough and Francis Cabot Lowell moved the operation to Lowell.

It being a regional thing is what makes your explanation make the most sense.

Just realized you just joined yesterday! Welcome to the forum! Thankyou again.