Blue Jay on a Friday (1895); Eat Oats Out of a Churn (1903); Mississippi (1946)

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DISAPPEAR LIKE A BLUE JAY ON A FRIDAY

JAY ON A FRIDAY--3 Google hits, 1 Google Groups hit

Jim Crotty's HOW TO TALK AMERICAN (1997) has this as a Southernism meaning
"vanish" (Pg. 319).


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Next
 Newark Advocate    Friday, April 17, 1964 Newark, Ohio
...JAY, because nobody ever sees a BLUE JAY ON FRIDAY. Just the same I
kept.....up to FRIDAY sun down. If there was a BLUE JAY in Granville Township
little..

   Atlanta Constitution     Saturday, August 03, 1895 Atlanta, Georgia
...time when nobody ever could see a BLUE JAY ON FRIDAY and rumor had it that
he.....when the weather was so hot that the BLUE JAY had nothing else to fa
At any..

   Colorado Springs Gazette     Sunday, February 03, 1895 Colorado Springs,
Colorado
...tell you that nobody ever sees a BLUE JAY ON FRIDAY, and tho reasON of
their.....they aro obliged to go to bell. "Bluo JAY nm de dchblo's own they cay.
"Ho an..

   Trenton Times    Monday, January 28, 1895 Trenton, New Jersey
...to tell you that tody ever sees a BLUE JAY ON FRIDAY, and the reasON of
thcir.....they are obliged to go to tell. "Bluo JAY am de double's own they say.
"Ho an..

   Fort Wayne Sentinel  Friday, February 01, 1895 Fort Wayne, Indiana
...tell yON that nobody over sees a BLUE JAY ON FRIDAY, and tho reasON of
their.....week they ore obliged to go to hoil. JAY am do debblo's own they say.
"Ho an..

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A FACE SO LONG HE COULD EAT OATS OUT OF A CHURN

EAT OATS OUT OF A CHURN--2 Google hits, 2 Google Groups hits

Jim Crotty has this as a Southernism meaning "dejected, downcast" (Pg. 320).


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 Evening Gazette    Tuesday, September 14, 1880 Port Jervis, New York
...to enAble them to eAt OATS FROM A CHURN." IT must Afford the republicAns A
.....of the pArtj to chooso turee delegAtes FROM eAch Assembly district to A
stAte..

   Edwardsville Intelligencer   Monday, November 02, 1903 Edwardsville,
Illinois
...weArs A fAce lung enough to eAt OATS OUT OF A CHURN hAs yet to leArn
the.....by the Power which shAketh the eArth OUT OF her plAce And mAketh the pillA
r..

   Iowa Recorder    Wednesday, September 23, 1903 Greene, Iowa
...weAring fAces long enough to eAt OATS OUT OF A CHURN, WAverly DemocrA
t.....if Any OF you wAnts the eqn crit tAken OUT OF you come up here. MinnesotA A
nd..

   Denton Journal   Saturday, February 25, 1928 Denton, Maryland
...Looks us If I could hAve eAten OATS OUT OF A CHURN, ns grAndmother used
to.....two mummified women which he hAd dug OUT OF the wAlls OF thAt sAme
church..

 Post Standard  Thursday, August 20, 1959 Syracuse, New York
...is so long she could eAt ChArley OATS OUT OF A CHURN. When they wAs WeAver
the.....tion OF Chief Joe BAstone they do An OUT- stAnding job OF enforcing
reg..

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THANK GOD FOR MISSISSIPPI

THANK GOD FOR MISSISSIPPI--1,290 Google hits, 354 Google Groups hits

Jim Crotty has this on page 326. This was popular during Bill Clinton's 1992
campaign..Arkansas wasn't the worst state in the nation (Thank God for
Mississippi!).

Perhaps Fred Shapiro is interested, if he's doing state phrases.


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 Star Herald    Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Scottsbluff, Nebraska
...a mule get down on his knees and THANK GOD FOR MISSISSIPPI. Enough
stereotypes.....South. is a phrase that won't work. THANK GOD FOR Mis- is sometimes
said to..

 Nebraska State Journal     Thursday, July 25, 1946 Lincoln, Nebraska
...Alien said, "We used to say 'THANK GOD FOR MISSISSIPPI, we'll never be
last.....the committee agreed to ask the senate FOR an additional to expand its
hunt FOR..

 Daily Times News   Tuesday, October 10, 1972 Burlington, North Carolina
...in average industrial wage and THANK GOD FOR MISSISSIPPI or we'd be
the.....state should assume the responsibility FOR providing education programs FOR
..

   Nevada State Journal     Sunday, March 26, 1961 Reno, Nevada
...here carried placards reading: "THANK GOD FOR MISSISSIPPI. It keeps
South.....Guard photorecon squadrons west of the MISSISSIPPI River. Thus the Nevada
ANG..


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
    1.  AVERAGE INCOME LOWEST FOR U.S.; White Supremacy Bastion in Union
Since 1817, has Largest Negro Ratio
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Oct 1, 1962. p. 24 (1
page):
"And every other SOuthern state finds some reason to fall back on the
soul-satisfying exclamation, 'Thank God for Mississippi!"

    2.  These Days ...; 'Old Myths' a Year Later
By John Chamberlain. The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973).
Washington, D.C.: Mar 4, 1965. p. A29 (1 page)

    3.  Tsk-Tsk
By Lew Powell. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Mar 22,
1976. p. 25 (1 page)

    4.  MONDAY NIGHT FEVER; Tomorrow's Orange Bowl pits the Oklahoma
favorites against the University of Arkansas. But don't count the Arkansas Razorbacks
out. They have a secret weapon--thousands of fanatically spirited fans.
By Gene Lyons. New York Times (1857-Current. Jan 1, 1978. p. SM5 (2 pages)

    5.  Education-Reform Effort Sweeps Southern States; Literacy Championed
as Economic Boon
By Keith R. Richburg Washington Post Staff Writer. The Washington Post
(1974-Current file). Washington, D.C.: Sep 4, 1985. p. A3 (1 page)

    6.  Arkansans Admire Their Governor
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Mar 31, 1992. p. A16 (1
page)