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GAME TO BE PLAYED WHILE TRAVELING
COUNT 99 NEGROES, 24 WHITE HORSES, AND 3 RED-HEADED
PEOPLE.
AFTER THIS IS DONE, THE NEXT PERSON OF OPPOSITE
SEX WHOM YOU SHAKE HANDS WITH WILL BE THE PERSON
YOU MARRY.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER COUSINS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: ON A TRIP BY CAR
Date learned: 04-02-1967
NAMING PLACE: BATON ROUGE (LOUISIANA)
THE CREEK INDIANS IN DECIDING WHO WANTED WAR OR
PEACE, THREW A RED STICK (BATON ROUGE) IN A
POWWOW CIRCLE. WAR WON OUT. AS A RESULT OF THE
WAR, THE CREEKS WERE CHASED OUT OF LOUISIANA. FOR
RETALIATION, THE CREEKS SLAUGHTERED SOME PEOPLE
IN FORT MIMS, ALABAMA IN 1814. ANDREW JACKSON
STARTED FIGHTING THESE INDIANS AND, AS A RESULT,
CAME INTO NATIONAL PROMINENCE AS A HERO.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans ; ON A TRIP
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name SPEECH -- Folk etymology |