Lemonade, made in the shade (1904); Church steeple & people

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WHAT THEY SAY IN NEW ENGLAND AND OTHER AMERICAN FOLKLORE
collected by Clifton Johnson
edited with an introduction by Carl Withers
New York: Columbia University Press
1963

Pg. 132:
At picnics you will sometimes hear the children say:
Lemonade,
Made in the shade,
Stirred with a spade,
By an old maid.
(...)
Here is one way to amuse a child. Clasp your hands with the fingers turned inward and repeat the following ditty, which you illustrate by changing the position of your fingers and hands:
Here's the meeeting house, there's the steeple,
Look inside and see all the people.


Stirred by an old maid? Isn't it usually a kid?

(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES ONLINE)
THE FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT
BY EUGENE WOOD. McClure's Magazine (1893-1926). New York: Oct 1904. Vol. VOL. XXIII, Iss. No. 6; p. 631 (11 pages)
Pg. 633:
Tents are raised in the vacant lots along Center Street and counters knocked together for the sale of ice-cold lemonade, lemo, lemo, lemo, made in the shade, with a spade, by an old maid, lemo, lemo. Here y'are now, gents, gitch nice cool drink, on'y five a glass.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
SOME FOURTHS OF JULY THAT THEY WILL NEVER FORGET
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jul 2, 1905. p. SM3 (1 page):
"Here's your ice-cold lemonade, made in the shade--only five cents a glass. Walk up, roll up, tumble up, any way to get up, so that you get your money out."

Other 8 -- No Title
The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Jul 30, 1905. p. B10 (1 page):
A carpet-covered corner;
A soap-box for a counter;
A lemon, a lump of sugar, and
A bucketful of water;
A boy with face all freckled;
And shirt and trousers ragged,
With hair uncombed and feet unshod;
With voice of power ringing loud,
Crying his wares: Cold lemonade!
Made fresh and sweet--
Stirred with a spade:
At one cent for a guzzle small.
And two cents if you drink your fill!"
Such is the trade the Summer Boy
Doth grow rich by, and much enjoy.
--HELENA DAVIS.

Served Under a Tree.
The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Jul 26, 1910. p. 6 (1 page):
>From the Newark News.
It is open season for:
Fried chicken (in a shoe box).
Deviled eggs (skewered with toothpicks).
Peanut sandwiches. (No, Charles, you remove the oiled paper before you eat them.)
Potato salad (including a few ants).
Sweet pickles and olives (in a butter boat).
Chocolate cake (Smartboy calls it fudge).
Watermelon (unripe and warm).
Lemonade (stirred with a spade, in the shade, by an old made).

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NANCY R--. Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Aug 10, 1926. p. 31 (1 page):
Members of the Omaha Junior League are using a novel idea to swell the coffers of its treasury. They will serve lemonade each Saturday on the tenth tee at the Omaha Country club, asking no set fee for the drinks. As Saturday is men's day only, the "stirred with a spade" probably will bring in an amazing amount of money.

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New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Dec 18, 1927. p. X24 (1 page):
"Lemonade--made in the shade--stirred with a spade--lemonade!"

As children are used to giving it, there is the news in the fact that it is "stirred by the hand of an old maid," prosaic information in itself and of what allure in the coaxing of a sale can only be imagined.
(...)
"Green corn--sure as you're born--yard long--ears strong--green corn."

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Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Jun 11, 1946. p. A1 (1 page):
There was one slight variation: instead of pink lemonade "made in the shade and stirred with a spade," there wa cold milk in sanitary cartons.

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By Eleanor Richey Johnston Written for The Christian Science Monitor. Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file). Boston, Mass.: Jul 30, 1951. p. 10 (1 page) :
>From childhood days, when one of summer's recreations was to repeat loudly and monotonously, "Lemonade made in the shade, stirred with a spade--" to adults, this beerage has been a smacking favorite.


(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
   Stevens Point Daily Journal  Thursday, October 13, 1910 Stevens Point, Wisconsin
...lemo, lemonAde, MAde in the shAde, STIRRED WITH A spAde Five cents A big.....this most Interesting fungi, they mAy WITH A good book And An occAsionAl hunt..
Pg. 3?, col. 1:
No one knows who invented the (Col. 2--ed.) glad refrain of the lemonade stand barker, who in stentorian tones, calls:
"Lemo, lemo, lemonade,
Made in the shade,
Stirred with a spade--
Five cents a big glass!"


(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
   Clearfield Progress  Saturday, October 28, 1944 Clearfield, Pennsylvania
...THIS IS THE Church. THIS IS THE STEEPLE, Open THE Doors and THEre Are.....nade of THE tools and wea (ab.) 37 THIS unit IS a part of THE forces of THE..
Pg. 4, col. 1:
One of the more intriguing bits of literature which Dr. (Dwight J.--ed.) Bradley has put out is a 16-page size leaflet bearing the old nursery rhyme title, "This is the Church, This Is the Steeple, Open the Doors...and There Are the People."

   Portsmouth Herald  Thursday, November 04, 1954 Portsmouth, New Hampshire
...here's THE STEEPLE. Open THE doors AND SEE ALL THE PEOPLE." Unconsciously, Dr.....THE difference in his case is that ALL THE "PEOPLE" are sprawled on THE..
Pg. 5, col. 1:
There's a game adults play with children to amuse them. Clasping the hands with fingers entwined inside the palms, they maneuver them, chanting: "Here's the church and here's the steeple. Open the doors and see all the people."