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Custom/Belief
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
School Custom Concerning Dress:
Anyone who wore green and yellow to school on Thursday was considered to be "queer."
Submitter comment:
I can recall this as being practiced while I was in grade school.
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Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): COLOR ; DRESS ; Green ; Homophobia ; HOMOSEXUALITY ; Presentation ; SCHOOL ; SLANG ; Thursday ; YELLOW
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Proverb
You can dress a person up, but you can't take him out.
Submitter comment:
Used by informant's girlfriend at senior prom when informant started throwing chunks of fruit salad into the air and catching them in his mouth.
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Where learned: NEW YORK ; Paggi, Raymond ; Wappingers Falls
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHARACTER ; Class ; DRESS ; Fashion ; Maxim ; Presentation ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |