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#62100 03/26/02 01:17 AM
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Excitare fluctus in simpulo.

Literally, to raise a wave in a ladle.


#62101 03/26/02 01:46 AM
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Wayzgoose simply cannot be a real word, apocrisis or not--it's just too...


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It most certainly is, me darlin' Jackie - although not in current use. The definition is as given above, but I haven't the foggiest as to the origins. Any ideas, out there? (JI'm prepared top take a small wager that the "goose" bit does not refer to the bird of that name, but is a corruption of something else.)


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OH! Oh, my goodness, how fascinating! Oh, go and look at this site, where among other things can be found: The other part of the side name refers to a printer’s festival, a “Wayzgoose”, a celebration which has been traced back to the seventeenth century. The annual festival was celebrated on St. Bartholomew’s eve, 24th August when the master printer would supply a feast for his printers. In later years the feast was replaced by an outing, either to the coast or a large picnic in the countryside where good food and good ale were enjoyed in great quantity.

Ooh, ooh, my friend lives in West Yo'ksh'r! Oh, I'm so excited, I can't even post that I made that post with the expectation of getting rebutted!

http://www.cae.civil.leeds.ac.uk/wayzgoose/root.htm





#62104 03/26/02 04:04 PM
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How interesting that the custom of the annual company picnic goes back that far.


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How interesting that the custom of the annual company picnic goes back that far.

Sparteye, if you tell me y'all Morris dance at company picnics, I'm moving to Michigan!


#62106 03/26/02 06:39 PM
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How interesting that the custom of the annual company picnic goes back that far.
Yes, one of the things I have to try and make myself remember is that long-ago people were, well, people.
A kind boss might certainly have wanted to reward his workers with a "bonus". We always read about the cruelty that was common then, but surely not EVERYone was. Perhaps it makes more interesting reading; I don't know. I know there was a lot of bartering, but doesn't it make sense that this would have included "favors", as well as goods, the way we do today? I'll bet he realized that he would get better quality work out of happy employees. And how different that had to have been from corporate picnics today, where the company is so large that 99% of the attendees have no idea who planned the affair (it was probably given to the clerical staff to manage!). Back then, all the guests would have been very grateful for their boss' generosity. Often today, there is no one to thank. Even the bosses think of it as just something else that must be seen to, preferably by someone else in the corporate structure. (Go ahead, somebody, prove me wrong--please.)


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Or either in the eye of the beholder, one.


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