Snicker Doodle (1902); Hayfield Drink (1918)

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SNICKER DOODLE

   More on "snicker doodle," for the interest of the next DARE and any others.  I don't exactly know what the first citation refers to.


  Display Ad 13 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Feb 28, 1929; pg. 10, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 8 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Mar 8, 1928; pg. 5, 1 pgs
("Snicker Doodle" recipe in Krisco ad--ed.)

  Other 1 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Dec 2, 1902; pg. 6, 1 pgs
("The progessive snicker doodles party is now the swell thing at Hoboken.  You may search us.")

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HAYFIELD DRINK

   DARE has 1953 and 1967 for "hayfield drink."  It's also known as "haying water" and "switchel."  This is the only early citation.


  THE COLLEGE GIRL WITH THE HOE; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Mar 31, 1918; pg. 26, 1 pgs
("Riding a horse to pasture would come under the head of light farming; also,...putting up the hired man's luncheon and mixing his hayfield drink.")