Vonda, Hey, did ol Sadie and that city slicker of hers ever have any youngun's? <G> I wonder where the City Slicker took her off to? Thanks for reminding me of that!! I had forgotten all about Sadie Hawkins Day!! <G> It would be interesting to see where the story got it's origins! Robin -----Original Message----- From: Vonda Sheets <vonda@copper-turtle.com> To: MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 11:40 AM Subject: RE: [MOSTONE-L] Hawkins >>Tom Hawkins or his children?< > >His daughter Sadie Hawkins wuz a homely gal...she used ta get all dressed up >in her bestest dress and go-to-meetin' bonnet just to go fer a walk, hopin' >to meet some of Tom's neighbors' sons out walkin'. She couldn't never get a >date for a Satiddy nite danse, and it got to the p'int that she would sneak >some of her Pa's moonshine an' go right up to a feller and ax him to the >danse. The fust few times ol' Sadie did it, the local boys would just laff >and tell her they had a gal. >One day, after the railroad went through yon Roark Valley, Sadie wuz in >Branson with her pa--who wuz embarrassed by his daughter's shenanigans, but >more embarrassed by the fact she was 25 and not married--a city feller, >fine-lookin' and better dressed, got off the train and walked over to the >store to ask about lodgings. >Ol' Sadie ketched him outta the corner of her eye, and reached him afore the >store owner did. She tole the city feller they had an extry bed out at her >pa's place, axed him how long he was stayin', and when he tole her for a >week, she axed him to the dance that Satiddy nite. >The poor feller wuz so s'prized he sed yes, and then perceeded to have tha >gratest nite of his life. Ol' Sadie dressed up mighty fancy, and axed the >local "herbwoman" for potions to make her new beau think she was beautiful. >The potions worked, and by the end of his week in the area, he married Ol' >Sadie, and took her off to the city to live. >To celebrate their anniversary every year, he brought her back home in May >of each year to visit her kin, and they would re-enact how they met. >Thus in May of each year, women honor Sadie and her rich city feller by >going up to a single man and axin' him to a danse, wearing their purtiest >clothes and bonnets. > > >I don't know how much of this is true, but there is a Sadie Hawkins Dance in >Branson every year. They did it every year until the mid-70s or so, then >dropped it for a long time. They recently revived "Sadie Hawkins Day", but >I don't remember if it is in May or in the Fall. My aunt used to dress up >in the worst matched old long dresses and striped stockings you ever saw for >it. > > >Vonda > > > >==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > >