Re: HIT: Happy as a clam

[Graham Small <grahams@LIBDOC.DEMON.CO.UK>]

It was probably adapted after St Brendan brought it over with him when he
first discovered America ! :)

(Please don't ask me when he discovered it the second time  !)

Graham Small
The Library Doctor
UK

grahams@libdoc.demon.co.uk
www.libdoc.demon.co.uk


-----Original Message-----
From: Sally Lantz <sarahl@CCPL.CARR.LIB.MD.US>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Date: 02 April 1998 02:11
Subject: HIT: Happy as a clam


>I was going to let this one pass by but after the posting Graham Small
tried to put over
>on us this morning <g> I decided to investigate the origin of this simile.
>
>According to the book, *Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, 2nd
ed.* by
>William and Mary Morris (Harper & Row, 1971) the saying is
>"Happy as a clam at high tide".  Seems clams can only be harvested at low
tide.
>Wouldn't you be happy to?
>
>>I always heard it was "Happy as a clam at high tide."
>
>--
>Sally Lantz mailto:sarahl@ccpl.carr.lib.md.us
>Media Specialist
>West Frederick Middle School
>Frederick, MD 21701
>
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