[Ads-l] "Dixie" redux

[Jonathan Lighter]

More old stuff?:

1852 _New-York Observer_ (Jan. 22)  5: And when the day for toil is over,/
The evening sports commence --/ "I Spy" and "Tag" and "Dicky's Land,"/  Out
by the garden fence.

1856 _Buffalo [N.Y.] Express_ (Dec. 25) 2:  [A] group of merry, shouting,
red cheeked boys, who went on one knee to strap their skates,...played
'Dickie's land' and 'Tag;' cut curly Q's on the ice...all just as he had
done, well nigh half a century before.

Both from New York State.

JL

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 1:07 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "Hughes" obviously.
>
> But "Dixey" and "Dixie's Land" are correct.
>
> JL
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 12:08 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm not able to review the relevant "Dixie" research, but the following
>> strikes me because it doesn't mention Emmett but does mention Dixey.  It
>> may already be well known:
>>
>> Philadelphia Public Ledger (Sept. 21, 1859), p. 3 [Genealogy bank]:
>> SANFORD'S OPERA HOUSE...THIS EVENING... To conclude with the Plantation
>> Scene, entitled DIXIE'S LAND  By Brower, Hugthes, Dixey, Gardner &
>> Company.  Doors open 7.
>>
>> JL
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 5:17 PM <dave at wilton.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, thanks Ben.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> On Behalf Of
>>> Jonathan Lighter
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>>> Subject: Re: [ADS-L] "Dixie" redux
>>>
>>> Thanks for the nod, Ben.
>>>
>>> JL
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 3:29 PM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > My latest article for The Atlantic is pegged to the news that The
>>> > Dixie Chicks are changing their name to The Chicks. I took the
>>> > opportunity to present the latest findings on the origins of "Dixie"
>>> > from Jon Lighter, Barry Popik, and Dave Wilton. Thanks to all three
>>> for the great research.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/06/what-dixie-really-
>>> > means/613585/
>>> >
>>> > --bgz
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