The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

SOME FRIENDS OF OURS, MR. AND MRS. ED GERRY, ALWAYS
SPEND THE FEW MINUTES BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW YEAR
IN THEIR OWN HOME. THEY LEFT OUR PARTY LAST YEAR
AT 11:40 AND WERE BACK AT 12:20. AND THERE WAS SOME-
THING ABOUT MONEY INVOLVED THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER--
MAYBE THAT THEY DIDN'T PASS MONEY DURING THAT TIME.

Submitter comment: HAPPENED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE IN 1964-5 IN DETROIT,
MICHIGAN. MR. YOUNT'S BROTHER, WALTER, TOLD ME HE
BELIEVED THIS WAS A PRACTICE IN PENNSYLVANIA.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 05-11-1965