The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

LONGFELLOW-SHAKESPEARE

WHEN TWO PEOPLE HAPPEN TO SAY THE SAME WORDS OR GROUP
OF WORDS AT THE SAME TIME, WHILE IN EACH OTHER'S
PRESENCE, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO:
1ST PERSON: (PLACES HIS INDEX FINGER OF HIS RIGHT
HAND ON THE OTHER PERSON'S NOSE AND THE 2ND PERSON
DOING LIKEWISE) "LONGFELLOW."
2ND PERSON: "SHAKESPEARE."
1ST PERSON: "WHAT COMES OUT OF A CHIMNEY?"
2ND PERSON; "SMOKE."
THEN BOTH PERSONS SHAKE THE INTERLOCKED PINKIES OF
THEIR RIGHT HANDS.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Date learned: NOT GIVEN