"snow day" superstitions

[Alice Faber]

In suburban NY, it was certainly part of core usage by the early 1960s.

Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> Interesting, Jesse.  This usage must have spread from administrators and teachers to pupils.
>
> When did it become part of the core vocabulary of American English ?
>
> JL
> Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM> wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 07:07:29AM -0800, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>>Also, what's the earliest date fro "snow day" ? This seems
>>to me to be from the ''80s - not that I ever took notes on
>>it.
>
>
> ProQuest has a delightful 1951 example:
>
> 1951 N.Y. Times 1 Feb. 24/4 Embedded deeply into the routine
> of the state education system are a couple of major, red
> letter events, known as Snow Days.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
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