Antedating of "Father's Day"

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Jun 21, 2009, at 5:16 AM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:

> Following up on a lead by Barry Popik, here is an antedating of
> "Father's Day": ...

now noted on Language Log:

AZ, 6/21/09: Shall wear a modest violet in honor of poor Father:
  http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1522

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