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Dutch picnic

Posted by Shae on August 24, 2005

In Reply to: Dutch picnic posted by vennegoor of hesselink on August 24, 2005

: "Dutch picnic" - I have been trying to figure out what this means with no success.

I hadn't heard of it until you asked but a Google search seems to indicate that it was an outdoor festival, involving food and sporting activities, celebrated by Dutch Protestant settlers in the US.

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