give the goose
To hiss; from the sounds uttered by geese; theatrical slang.
- Albert Hyamson's Dictionary of English Phrases, 1922
Funny. I thought that would mean something else...
Our Forgotten English calendar also gives a quote today regarding "goose-dancing parties":
From Christmas to Twelfth-tide, parties of mummers known as "Goose-dancers" paraded the streets in all sorts of disguises, with masks on. They often behaved in such an unruly manner that women and chirldren were afraid to venture out. If the doors of the houses were not locked they would enter uninvited and stay, playing all kinds of antics until money was given them to go away.
- M.A. Courtney's Cornish Feasts and Folk-lore, 1890
- Albert Hyamson's Dictionary of English Phrases, 1922
Funny. I thought that would mean something else...
Our Forgotten English calendar also gives a quote today regarding "goose-dancing parties":
From Christmas to Twelfth-tide, parties of mummers known as "Goose-dancers" paraded the streets in all sorts of disguises, with masks on. They often behaved in such an unruly manner that women and chirldren were afraid to venture out. If the doors of the houses were not locked they would enter uninvited and stay, playing all kinds of antics until money was given them to go away.
- M.A. Courtney's Cornish Feasts and Folk-lore, 1890
posted by the scribbler | 1:22 PM
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Sounds like Mardi Gras.-Beave
More like Mardi Goose!
And how would you know!?
I know things. I am things. I see things. I play with things. Mardi Gras is a thing. Things parttake in Mardi Gras. There are things in my head. I can hear them. Can YOU hear the things in my head? They say some of the strangest things. For instance, why would we need burlap? It chaffes me so. Grass tastes funny. Why are so many animals interested in eating it? Why do those animals taste so good? P.E.T.A.--People Eating Tasty Animals. Okay, I'll stop. The things asked me too.-Beave
I will say what everyone is thinking: you, Thing, are very odd.
And remember, if God didn't want people to eat animals, He wouldn't have made them taste so good.
Odd, or oddly APPEALING? And your preaching to the choir about delectible, delightful, tasty morsals of meat. I enjoy a good meat stupor.-Beave
Oh! Oddly appealing, of course. I've always said so.
Mostly.
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