The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

DANCES 1910

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT DANCES IN MY DAY, IT'S A BIT
ONE-SIDED. IN ORDER TO RATE THE HORSE AND BUGGY
TO TAKE A GIRL, ALSO HAD TO TAKE ONE OF MY SISTERS.
I INVENTED THE IDEA OF ASKING A GIRL IF I COULD WALK
HER HOME. IF YOU STUTTERED A LITTLE, IT HELPED.
SHE WOULD FIGURE YOU WERE BASHFUL. ONE NIGHT I SAW
ANOTHER ONE I LIKED MUCH BETTER AFTER I ASKED THE
FIRST ONE. I HURRIED HER HOME AND RACED BACK. LO
AND BEHOLD, THE FIRST ONE WAS BACK AHEAD OF ME.

Where learned: LETTER

Date learned: 02-01-1971