A winter-related shortage of pussy willows may take the sweet sting out of this year’s Dyngus Day fun.
Icy, snowy weather over the last month has delayed the budding process, meaning that there probably won’t be enough locally grown switches for the flirting ritual that highlights the traditional Polish celebration.
You know, the one where girls swat boys with pussy willows to win them over, and boys respond by dousing them with water.
Without the willowy whips “there might not be as many romantic outcomes,” fretted Marty Biniasz, founder of Dyngus Day Buffalo.
[read full story in Buffalo News]
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As it says in the article, there WILL be pussywillows available at the Central Terminal’s Dyngus Day Party!