It's common sacking at the lawn and garden store
A sackcloth is a form of coarse, hessian cloth used in the making of sacks.
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes was created on 1996-02-06.
they are very symbolic. The ashes is a symbol of mourning. The Sackcloth is a symbol of apology
Sackcloth and Scarlet - 1925 was released on: USA: 22 March 1925 Finland: 7 February 1926
In the King James version * The word sackcloth is mentioned 46 times * The word sackclothes is mentioned 1 time
In the bible sackcloth and ashes stand for real repentence.
ashes
"Sackcloth and ashes" is mentioned several times in the Bible, particularly in the Old Testament. It is often used as a symbol of mourning, repentance, or deep anguish. Specific mentions include when the prophet Jonah preached to the people of Nineveh, when Job mourned his losses, and when various kings and prophets expressed sorrow or sought forgiveness.
Esther 4:1 - When Mordecai learned all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He cried out with a loud and bitter cry. Esther 4:3 - And in every province where the king's command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. Isaiah 58:5 - Is it a fast that I have chosen, A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call this a fast, And an acceptable day to the Lord? Matthew 11:21 - Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. Luke 10:13 - Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Jon 3:5 The people of Nineveh believed God's message. So they decided that everyone should fast, and all the people, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth to show that they had repented. Jon 3:6 When the king of Nineveh heard about it, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth, and sat down in ashes. - GNB It means the people of Nineveh when they heard that God was going to punish them repented, they showed this by fasting, wearing clothes made of sack cloth and they put ashes on their heads.
Actually the Jews used to wear sackcloth and ashes when they repented or mourned. Like Mordechai did in Esther.
The cast of Sackcloth and Scarlet - 1925 includes: Orville Caldwell as Stephen Edwards Jack Huff as Jack Kathleen Kirkham as Beatrice Selignac Otto Matieson as Etienne Fochard John Miljan as Samuel Curtis Dorothy Sebastian as Polly Freeman Clarissa Selwynne as Miss Curtis Alice Terry as Joan Freeman