France Folk Art, Pétanque Game, 50s "la Fanny" Painted Boiled Cardboard Dim 92 X 62 Cm

France folk art, Pétanque game, 1950s "La Fanny" painted boiled cardboard Dim 92 x 62 cm
Fanny: The expression Kiss Fanny is used during a game of boules (Provençal game or pétanque) when the final score is 13 to 0. The loser or the losing team must then kiss the exposed posterior of a female representation nicknamed Fanny. The expressions “do fanny”, “kiss Fanny”, “be fanny” or “take a fanny” are equivalent and can be used in other activities such as table football or ping-pong.
This tradition is said to have originated... in Savoy! The original Fanny was said to have been a waitress at the Grand-Lemps café, just before the First World War. Legend has it that, out of kindness, she let herself be kissed by customers who had just lost at boules without scoring a single point. The kiss was then on the cheek. Until the day when, according to legend, the mayor of the village lost in turn and came to beg for his "reward". Did Fanny have a grievance against him and wanted to humiliate him in public? No one knows. What is certain is that she climbed onto a chair, lifted her skirts and offered him... her buttocks! The mayor did not lose his composure. Less than a second later, two resounding kisses echoed through the café. It was the beginning of a long tradition... (Fanny Colombiéraine)