The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

NAME GAME

FOR THE NAME GAME YOU GET TOGETHER A GROUP OF KIDS
AND PUT THEM IN A CIRCLE AND YOU TAKE THE NAME OF A KID,
REPLACE THE FIRST LETTER SOUND OF THE NAME WITH A B
SOUND, THEN REPLACE THE FIRST LETTER SOUND OF THE NAME
WITH AN F SOUND. LAST REPLACE THE FIRST LETTER SOUND OF
THE FIRST NAME WITH AN M SOUND. AND THERE IS A SONG TO HELP
YOU REMEMBER. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE USING THE NAME TOM:
TOM TOM BO (BOM) BANANA FANANA FOM (FOM) FE FI MO (MOM) TOM.
THIS METHOD CAN BE USED FOR ANY NAME.

Submitter comment: ON A NOTE OF WARNING YOU MUST BE CAREFUL AS TO THE NAMES
THAT YOU CHOOSE, FOR SOME COME OUT LEWD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing

Date learned: 00001970CA