[PW] Origin of phrase "Git for home, Bruno"

[Rick Hart]

These are perfect -- thanks!   I suppose the comic strip might have
gotten the phrase from somewhere, but this seems like the answer, and
the author will be very happy with the images too.  The wombats come
through again!        -- Rick
 
Rick Hart
Head of Reference
Forbes Library
20 West Street                          413-587-1012
Northampton, MA  01060      fax  413-587-1015
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From: swguardian-wombat at yahoo.com [mailto:swguardian-wombat at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 4:23 PM
To: rhart at forbeslibrary.org
Subject: Re: [PW] Origin of phrase "Git for home, Bruno"
 
I am sending this off list because it has 5 attachments with a copy the
Decatur  newspaper page you spoke about (file:Bruno.pfd). This has both
the quote and a look at the cartoon. Look in the last column of the
paper for the Bruno quote.

The other attachments are  copies of the Decatur newspaper pages with
samples of the cartoon that has the quote. There is always a lot going
on in the cartoon so you have to look for the Bruno quote. It is not in
all of the cartoons published so I only included some that have it. 

If this answers the question, please post the result to the list letting
them know. Thanks

Rick Hart <rhart at forbeslibrary.org> wrote:
Hello Wombats:
A local author is seeking the origin of the phrase "Git for home,
Bruno". So far it seems it may have started in "The Old Home Town", a
single-panel comic which ran in a number of American newspapers from the
early 1920s for a number of years (one source says 1921-66, another
1925-48). So far an actual use of it in the strip hasn't been pinned
down. Someone found a newspaper item from the Decatur Review (Illinois)
in 1921 which attributes popularity of the phrase in Decatur at that
time to the strip.
If anyone can confirm this, it would be great. The patron also is
interested in online sources of examples of the strip (I found a current
eBay auction for one frame, but nothing else yet). Or can anyone
advance another origin of the phrase? -- Rick Hart

Rick Hart
Head of Reference
Forbes Library
20 West Street 413-587-1012
Northampton, MA 01060 fax 413-587-1015

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