The Raggies are a group of people that live in the northwestern part of the state of Connecticut. Their ancestors were said to be iron workers in the forges on and around Mount Riga in Salisbury, also known as "Mt. Raggie" in the local area. The term "Raggie" generally connotates an economically-poorer white person, often of old Yankee stock."Raggie" is not so much a hurtful term as it is a mutual understanding between the people. For example, the people of Winsted, Connecticut use it to define a group of people as 'poor and uncivilized'. This term, however, is often used just to joke around rather than to be used as an actual harmful term.