Knick Knack Party
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On May 4, 8:18=EF=BF=BDpm, Brad Sondahl <bradgarb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In one of those droll songs the NLCR recorded, one of them says, after a
> line like, "Our cow didn't give milk, so we had to sell him," anyway he
> says, "I thought this was a knick knack party."
> So I wondered about the origins of knick Knack, particularly related to
> the kids song, This old Man, which I thought I'd do for the preschoolers
> at the library where I've just secured a longtime gig called children's
> librarian at.
> So is knick knack another term for "play party"
> There is also of course the term used as fancy item, or bric-a-brac, I
> think... =EF=BF=BDLeads one to sing, knick knack, bric-a-brac, ...
> Brad Sondahl
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