tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post113958551374840162..comments2023-09-17T07:33:22.109-04:00Comments on York Staters: There are not cats in Solvay but there are urban legendsYork Statershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580401207146050684noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post-49269728282379397052008-12-31T04:59:00.000-05:002008-12-31T04:59:00.000-05:00I know of one cat in Solvay. She is owned by a fr...I know of one cat in Solvay. She is owned by a friend of mine.Mari Miniatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14826580849818642804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post-8428203027940146262008-05-19T21:16:00.000-04:002008-05-19T21:16:00.000-04:00I used to live in Liverpool, N.Y. Liverpool is the...I used to live in Liverpool, N.Y. Liverpool is the village on the other side of Onondaga Lake from Solvay. One night, back in the mid-70's, we (girlfriend at the time and I) were parked on Onondaga Lake Parkway, watching the "submarine races"...a popular "parking" spot. In the heat of passion, the sweet thing asked me to "kiss her where it stinks"...so I took her to Solvay... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post-59090109940844870102008-04-01T22:15:00.000-04:002008-04-01T22:15:00.000-04:00I just came across this post while searcing for so...I just came across this post while searcing for something else. I grew up on the westend of Syracuse, and I mean THE WESTEND. Two sides of my parents' lot bordered Solvay. As a kid, we were taught that our "Austrian" neigbors always had a barbecue shortly after a neighborhood cat was reported missing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post-1163643344076938392006-11-15T21:15:00.000-05:002006-11-15T21:15:00.000-05:00I was born and raised in Solvay, NY. I can tell yo...I was born and raised in Solvay, NY. I can tell you all you would want to know about the whole cat eating thing.<BR/>the majority of solvay was founded by the people of the northern Itialian , southern Austrian alps, in the Village of Tyrol, My mother was a Tarolli, which is the main family from Tyrol who took the name of their beloved "country" yes I said country, Tyrols are neither Itialian nor Austrial but Tyrolian. If you would like to hear more. my email is briansorbello@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post-1139861425484746302006-02-13T15:10:00.000-05:002006-02-13T15:10:00.000-05:00Someone should have clued in Feivel Mouskewitz (th...Someone should have clued in Feivel Mouskewitz (though to the best of my knowledge, the streets of Solvay are not paved with cheese)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post-1139855169251007552006-02-13T13:26:00.000-05:002006-02-13T13:26:00.000-05:00Obviously, the cat-eating Italians didn't make it ...Obviously, the cat-eating Italians didn't make it as far west as Erie or Niagara Counties. My father's family came from Italy, and they never ate cats, either the "city branch" that stayed in Niagara Falls or the "country branch" that moved out to the "wilds" of North Collins in southern Erie County. In fact, although Italians are one of the very largest ethnic groups in WNY, this story has never circulated west of the Genesee. In fact, not even the Sicilians were ever accused of eating cats (Italians were "racist" even among themselves -- most mainland Italians looked down on the island dwellers who tended to be poorer and darker complexioned!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post-1139593370536617922006-02-10T12:42:00.000-05:002006-02-10T12:42:00.000-05:00I did say that "not all urban legends are homophob...I did say that "not all urban legends are homophobic or racist," though I didn't mean to infer that Italians or Austrians are a "race." However, in the first half of the Twentieth Century, Italians and other southern Europeans <I>were</I> often considered a race, or at least a subrace. The goal was to differentiate them from Aryans; the same went for Slavs, Greeks, Jews, Armenians, Spaniards and I'm sure smaller groups like Finns, Basques, etc.<BR/><BR/>The powerful anti-Catholic, anti-Southern/Eastern European feelings of especially the 1920s lead to an upsurge in the KKK and hate acts against these people by so-called "Real Americans." Today these groups, like the Irish before them, have been integrated into the "White" race so completely that their former pariah status has been largely forgotten. They remain today largely as "flavors" of Whiteness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post-1139587502957263162006-02-10T11:05:00.000-05:002006-02-10T11:05:00.000-05:00I don't think that was said anywhere in the articl...I don't think that was said anywhere in the article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post-1139586239087618422006-02-10T10:43:00.000-05:002006-02-10T10:43:00.000-05:00wait, are you saying there is an italian or austri...wait, are you saying there is an italian or austrian 'race'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370689.post-1139586119778042512006-02-10T10:41:00.000-05:002006-02-10T10:41:00.000-05:00Hey, i could've told you all about some cat eating...Hey, i could've told you all about some cat eating Italians. My grandmother grew up next to some italian immigrants in Wilkes-berre area, who'd hang cat out on the line next door to them during the depression. Same story with turning away a friendly offering of rabbit. This is interesting because I'm pretty sure there is some basis in truth, in italian immigrants and old italians eating cat now and again. My grandma was just a kid so her parents could've of told her their neighbors were some cat eating Italians, they were after all proud germans. But it's strange that she has only good stories to tell about her neighbors, besides for the cat consumption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com