Rag, rags, RAG or The Rag may refer to:

Common uses

* Rag, a piece of old cloth * Rags, tattered

clothes Clothing (also known as clothes, apparel, and attire) are items worn on the human body, body. Typically, clothing is made of fabrics or textiles, but over time it has included garments made from animal skin and other thin sheets of materials ...

* Rag (newspaper), a publication engaging in tabloid journalism * Rag paper, or cotton paper

Arts and entertainment

Film

* ''Rags'' (1915 film), a silent film * ''Rags'' (2012 film), a modernization of the ''Cinderella'' fairy tale

Music

* Rag, a piece of

ragtime Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that flourished from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott ...

music * ''Rags'' (musical), a 1986 Broadway musical *

Ruhrpott AG Ruhrpott AG or RAG was a German hip hop group from Bochum. The band was active from 1996 to 2003 and reunited briefly in 2018 for an anniversary concert. History RAG first found recognition in the German hip hop scene in 1998, with the album ''U ...

, a German hip hop group * Rags, a former name of the band

Tin Huey Tin Huey is an American experimental rock and new wave band from Akron, Ohio, United States, that formed in 1972 and disbanded in 1982. History Original lineups Initially named Rags, the band started with Mark Price (then known as Wesley the Sta ...

* ''Rags'' (EP), by EarthGang, 2017

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Rags'' (novel), a 2001 ''Doctor Who'' novel * Rags, a dog character in TV show '' Spin City''

Businesses and organisations

RAG AG RAG Aktiengesellschaft, AG, formerly Ruhrkohle AG, is the largest Germany, German coal mining corporation. The company headquarters are in Essen in the Ruhr area. The company was founded on 27 November 1968, consolidating several coalmining cor ...

, a German coal mining corporation *

RAG Austria AG RAG Austria AG (RAG) is the largest gas storage operator and thus energy storage company in Austria. The company focuses its business activities on the storage of natural gas and other gaseous energy and the development of green-gas technologies ...

, a gas storage operator in Austria *

RAGS International Messiah Foundation International ( ur, مہدی فاونڈیشن انٹرنیشنل) (or MFI) is a spiritual organisation formally established in 2002 to promote the ''Goharian Philosophy of Divine Love''. MFI is the successor of RAGS Internation ...

, later Messiah Foundation International, a spiritual organisation

People

Rags (nickname) Rags is a nickname for: People *Rags Faircloth (1892–1953), Major League Baseball pitcher *John Kelly (rugby union, born 1974) (born 1974), Irish retired rugby union footballer *Rags Matthews (1905–1999), All-American football player * Rags Mor ...

, a list of people known as Rags * Ēriks Rags (born 1975), a Latvian javelin thrower

Places

Rag Island Rag Island is a small granite island in the Seal Islands group approximately 20 km east of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia. It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife Internation ...

, in the Seal Islands group, Australia * Rag River, in County Cavan, Ireland

Other uses

Royal Galician Academy The Royal Galician Academy ( gl, Real Academia Galega, RAG) is an institution dedicated to the study of Galician culture and especially the Galician language; it promulgates norms of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary and works to promote the la ...

(Galician: ''Real Academia Galega''), in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain *''

The Rag ''The Rag'' was an underground newspaper published in Austin, Texas from 1966–1977. The weekly paper covered political and cultural topics that the conventional press ignored, such as the growing antiwar movement, the sexual revolution, gay l ...

'', an underground paper in Austin, Texas, 1966–1977 * Rag (student society), a student-run charitable fundraising group * Rag (typography), the ragged edge of a block of text * Recombination-activating gene, encoding enzymes RAG-1 and RAG-2 * RAG rating (Red, Amber, Green), a

traffic light rating system A traffic light rating system is a system for indicating the status of a variable using the red, amber or green of traffic lights. Product labelling Food and drink Food may be labelled with a traffic light label showing how much fat, saturate ...

*''Ragioniere'' or ''rag.'', an Italian honorific for a school graduate in business economics * Rags (dog) (1916–1936), 1st Infantry Division (United States) mascot in World War I * The Rag (club), alternative name for the Army and Navy Club in London