The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

TABLE HOPPING FORBIDDEN

THE INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT THE LAST TIME THAT HE WAS
IN SARNIA, CANADA, THAT THE BARS HAD A LAW AGAINST
MOVING FROM TABLE TO TABLE WITH A DRINK. IT IS ALL
RIGHT TO HAVE THE WAITRESS MOVE THE DRINK FOR THE
PERSON OR TO FINISH THE DRINK, MOVE TO ANOTHER
TABLE AND BUY ANOTHER DRINK, BUT NOT TO MOVE WITH
A DRINK FROM ONE TABLE TO ANOTHER. THE INFORMANT
BELIEVES THAT THIS PRACTICE HAS SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE LARGE NUMBER OF INDIANS WHO VISIT THE BARS.

Data entry tech comment: I THOUGHT IT HAD TO DO WITH SOLICITING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 03-15-1967