The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

PAT AND MIKEY

TWO IMMIGRANTS, PAT AND MIKEY, CAME FROM EUROPE AND
LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE. ONE DAY, THEY DECIDED
TO GO FOR A WALK AND CAME UPON AN AIRPORT WHICH HAD
AIRPLANE RIDES FOR $1.00. SO MIKEY WENT UP FOR A
RIDE, AND PAT STARTED WORRYING ABOUT THE KEY TO THE
HOUSE, WHICH MIKEY HAD. SO PAT BEGAN SHOUTING,
"THROW MY KEY DOWN!" THE PILOT THREW DOWN
MIKEY.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Date learned: 11-18-1967