reflections, ruminations, ramblings and rants on music, books, beer, politics, technology, media, family, etc, etc. from a retired old man, music collector, librarian, political observer, technology geek, veteran, history buff, beer enthusiast, sci-fi fan, obsessive mixtaper and former DJ. I've also gathered writings from the past several years posted in various social media platforms. This blog has become an editing tool for my writings and everything here is a work in progress.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Goody Two Shoes
I had always thought Goody Two Shoes was an expression or something out of my grandmother’s generation. We heard it often as kids. That idea was reinforced when I had acquired this book about 20 years ago after it was withdrawn from the collection of the Canisius College library. The copy of this book was published in 1911 but it originally came out in 1765.
It was taken out of the collection because the records indicated that the last time it was checked out to someone was Oct 21, 1969. The previous time before that was May 29, 1941. Maybe it wasn’t a popular book in the late 20th and early 21st century but we all seemed to have heard the expression Goody Two Shoes.
I posted these pictures with a brief description of the book to the Germantown Facebook group and my own feed and everyone seemed to know the expression but did not know it came from a children's book. There were some interesting comments.
One comment mentioned the song Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant.
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