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An American folk event, Sadie Hawkins Day is a pseudo-holiday that originated in Al Capp's classic hillbilly comic strip, ''Li'l Abner'' (1934–1978). This inspired real-world Sadie Hawkins dances, where girls ask boys out. ==Original story== In ''Li'l Abner'', Sadie Hawkins was the daughter of one of Dogpatch's earliest settlers, Hekzebiah Hawkins. The "homeliest gal in all them hills", she grew frantic waiting for suitors to come a-courtin'. When she reached the age of 35, still a spinster, her father was even more frantic—about Sadie living at home for the rest of her life. In desperation, he called together all the unmarried men of Dogpatch and declared it "Sadie Hawkins Day". A foot race was decreed, with Sadie in hot pursuit of the town's eligible bachelors. She specifically had her eye on a boy who was already in a courtship with the cute farmers daughter, Theresa. She was the daughter of the area's largest potato farmer, Bill Richmand, and, unlike Sadie, had a lot of courtship offers. Stud-muffin Adam Olis was her target, and because the engagement of Miss Theresa and Adam wasn't official he was included in the race. With matrimony as the consequence of losing the foot race, the men of the town were running for their freedom. Turned out Adam Olis was in 4th place out of 10th leaving John Jonston Sadies' catch of the day. It seems likely that the concept's origins lie in an inversion of the myth of Atalanta, who, reluctant to marry, agreed to wed whoever could outrun her in a footrace. The town spinsters decided that this was such a good idea, they made Sadie Hawkins Day a mandatory yearly event, much to the chagrin of Dogpatch bachelors. In the satirical spirit that drove the strip, many sequences revolved around the dreaded Sadie Hawkins Day race. If a woman caught a bachelor and dragged him, kicking and screaming, across the finish line before sundown—by law he ''had'' to marry her. Sadie Hawkins Day was first mentioned in the November 15, 1937 ''Li'l Abner'' daily strip, with the race actually taking place between November 19 and November 30 in the continuity. It would prove to be a popular annual feature in ''Li'l Abner'', and a cultural phenomenon outside the strip. (see Schreiner, Dave; "Sadie's First Run", ''Li'l Abner Dailies Volume 3: 1937'', Kitchen Sink Press, Princeton, WI, pg. 8.) (See also: Leap year for discussion of a similar tradition of "allowing" women to propose marriage on February 29.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sadie Hawkins Day」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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