Date:  Wed, 21 Jun 1995 18:34:37 -0500

From:  Daniel S Goodman <dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: ?Katie bar the door. (fwd)



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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 10:28:03 -0500 (EST)

From:ebrunslib[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]shrsys.hslc.org

To: stumpers-list[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CRF.CUIS.EDU

Subject: ?Katie bar the door.



   One of our patrons is looking for the origin of the slang phrase

Katie bar the door. After extensive searching in poetry books, songbooks

and word and phrase books, we have come up with only one reference. That

was in the New Dictionary of American Slang. It gives the meaning of the

phrase and its use by the New York Times and William Kennedy but no dates

and no background. Can anyone help?



An answer directly to my e mail address would be greatly appreciated.

Cheryl McBride

East Brunswick Public Library, New Jersey

ebpl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]hslc.org