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| This is way nicer than the ones we would do. |
Now I've done three minutes of research and found this chart from a woman named Sally Strove:
Corsage Candies and Their Meanings
Year
|
Candy
|
Meaning
|
|---|---|---|
10
|
Lollipops
|
Unknown
|
11
|
Gumdrops
|
Unknown
|
12
|
Tootsie Rolls
|
Unknown
|
13
|
Bubble Gum
|
Unknown
|
14
|
Dog Biscuits
|
Puppy Love
|
15
|
Lifesavers
|
Unknown
|
16
|
Sugar Cubes
|
Sweet 16
|
17
|
Lemon Drops
|
Sour 17
|
18
|
Cigarettes or Beer Bottle Caps
|
Coming of Legal Age
|
Well now I know why dog biscuits. We mainly did 13, 14, 15 and 16. Nothing past that.
So what would you put on a 60-something birthday corsage? Aleve? Blood presssure pills? Little tubes of joint ointment?
3 comments:
Only you would think of something like this... God I luv ya girlfriend! I'm so glad you give me something to smile about almost every night when I can catch up via the blog :).
We Brooklyn NY corsage makers also never went beyond 16. Guess because most of us left high school at 16 or 17.
Perhaps an age 60+ birthday corsage could include mini pics of the famous musical artists of the era, like Elvis, Dylan and the Beatles....alongside tiny tubes of Polident Dentugrip of course!
Peace and Love,
F
I never heard of this practice - maybe was not widespread outside of NY? I know what the Year 54 corsage should contain - Estrogen pills!
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