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29 Feb 04 - 07:24 PM (#1126489) Subject: BS: A Belated Sadie Hawkins Day From: Strick A folk custom for a folk forum. Prolly some songs about it, too. For anyone not familiar with the tradition, February 29th is honored in some parts of the US as Sadie Hawkins day, the day when unmarried women are allowed to pick (or in the case of Lil' Abner, capture) the unmarried male of their choice and commit matrimony. An ancient tradition fallen on hard times since surely no one consideres it inappropriate for a woman to propose marriage these days. |
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29 Feb 04 - 09:19 PM (#1126563) Subject: RE: BS: A Belated Sadie Hawkins Day From: Mrrzy We were just remembering this today, I'd forgotten about learning about it as a kid, and being amazed, coming from a foreign background, that such a day would be required... how nice if it ain't so no mo'! |
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29 Feb 04 - 09:32 PM (#1126568) Subject: RE: BS: A Belated Sadie Hawkins Day From: Gypsy If'n a ladies lover declines, he owes her a silk dress, or 100 pounds sterling! Scared all the men with that one last night |
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29 Feb 04 - 10:43 PM (#1126611) Subject: RE: BS: A Belated Sadie Hawkins Day From: Mary in Kentucky During HS I went to a Sadie Hawkins Dance. I invited a *friend* because I had broken up with my steady boyfriend. I dressed as "Mammy Yokum" and the two of us won the best dressed couple prize -- tickets to a concert which meant another date with him! I think it was rigged! |
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29 Feb 04 - 11:19 PM (#1126633) Subject: RE: BS: A Belated Sadie Hawkins Day From: Stilly River Sage I remember this from Lil Abner. I hadn't given it any thought, just assumed it started with Al Capp. I guess I'll have to go poke around for more information (unless someone else has it at the tip of their fingers). SRS |
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29 Feb 04 - 11:33 PM (#1126639) Subject: RE: BS: A Belated Sadie Hawkins Day From: Amos "November 13 - Sadie Hawkins Day. Not a typical holiday, Sadie Hawkins Day was the invention of Al Capp, creator of the "Li'l Abner" cartoon strip. Capp conceived of a day in Dogpatch, U.S.A., when all the unmarried ladies could pursue (literally) their men. If caught, the hapless bachelors were soon trudging down the aisle. This fictional world so captured people's imaginations that Sadie Hawkins Day passed into the realm of modern folklore. The first Sadie Hawkins Day took place on Wednesday, November 9, 1938, but it's usually celebrated on the nearest Saturday to accommodate all the "girls-ask-boys" school dances and other events. " |
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29 Feb 04 - 11:37 PM (#1126641) Subject: RE: BS: A Belated Sadie Hawkins Day From: Amos Above was from http://www.almanac.com/redletter/redletter.1199/rl13.html. Sorry. A |
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01 Mar 04 - 10:14 AM (#1126970) Subject: RE: BS: A Belated Sadie Hawkins Day From: Steve Parkes Look here for the full story of Sadie Hawkins Day;meanwhile, catch up with the lad himself every day -- SHD is about to dawn again in Dogpatch. One of these days I really must do a proper study ofthe similarities between Dogpatch English and Black Country English; I know Wyatt Earp's father came from Tipton ... Steve |
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01 Mar 04 - 12:26 PM (#1127080) Subject: RE: BS: A Belated Sadie Hawkins Day From: Stilly River Sage Thanks, Steve. There were a couple of movies made about the race also, and Al Capp was one of the writers. (This link is to the later one, with Leslie Parrish as Daisy Mae). SRS |
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28 Dec 13 - 05:11 PM (#3587197) Subject: RE: BS: A Belated Sadie Hawkins Day From: Mrrzy It tends to be celebrated 'round these parts (Central VA USA) on the 29th of February so this is an early one, not a belated one... I was wondering if the Mudcat would know where it was from, and indeedy do. It's about asking out, not marrying, down/over here, also. Still relevant, sigh. |
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29 Dec 13 - 11:32 AM (#3587315) Subject: RE: BS: A Belated Sadie Hawkins Day From: Bill D I remember well reading Lil Abner and following the 'race' as the guys ran like scared rabbits and the gals pursued with.. umm... fervor. Abner always found a way to escape until one year..... |
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29 Dec 13 - 01:58 PM (#3587355) Subject: RE: BS: A Belated Sadie Hawkins Day From: GUEST,gnu on laptop Poor bugger. sniff... |