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...Elsinore, Prince Hamlet, finding things rotten, berated his contemporaries, saying: "You jig, you amble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Hamlet-like | 3/24/1924 | See Source »

Thomas A. Edison: "At a luncheon given by the cinema industry in my honor, I danced a jig, jokingly accounted for my capers by saying I had monkey glands. Besieged by literal-minded reporters, I explained that there was no literal truth in my remark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 25, 1924 | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

...Harvard University Band," he declared. "I was leader of the band during the war, and responsible for getting their permanent set of instruments. I've played with university bands off and on for the last 29 years, and I helped compose 'Up the Street'. I put the jig in it. Do you suppose that I would have anything to do with taking their records...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAME "HARVARD" ON TRIAL THIS MORNING | 2/11/1924 | See Source »

...than that chosen for last year's performance. Light, jiggy airs are far more appropriate to the banjo than are the more intricate pieces which the Pierian renders; and there is a special charm about music which sets the feet going, as does the "British Patrol" or a spanish jig. We hope the Banjo Club may become a permanent feature of the concerts, and that it may continue to be successful...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/15/1888 | See Source »

...freshman class. Rowe appeared before the faculty accompanied by his father, and stated that Ater and his companions took him to a saloon and, after making him drink milk from a nursing bottle, stripped a portion of his clothing from his body and made him dance a jig and sing songs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hazing at Yale. | 10/1/1887 | See Source »

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