The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

AT MIDNIGHT YOU WERE MADE TO STAND IN A FIELD, USUALLY A
CAMP GROUND. YOU WERE TOLD TO SCREAM THREE INDIAN WORDS
VERY FAST UNTIL YOU FIGURED OUT WHAT IT MEANS.
THE THREE WORDS WERE, "WANNA," "ASA," "AM." SAID VERY FAST
THESE WORDS SOUND LIKE --WHAT AN ASS I AM.

Submitter comment: IT WAS USED AS AN INITIATION.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): CATCH

Date learned: 00001970S