The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

HONORABLE COW SOCIETY

THE "NEW MEMBER" IS LED INTO THE ROOM, BLINDFOLDED, WHERE ALL
THE OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN INITIATED ARE WAITING. THE PERSON
IS TOLD TO IMAGINE A COW AND THEN TOLD TO POINT TO THE
VARIOUS PARTS OF ITS BODY WHEN TOLD, WITH THE INDEX FINGER.
FIRST THE PERSON IS TOLD TO POINT TO THE HEAD, BACK, LEGS,
ETC. FINALLY THE PERSON IS TOLD TO POINT TO THE TAIL AND
WHEN HE DOES, HE STICKS HIS FINGER INTO PEANUT BUTTER.

Submitter comment: THIS INITIATION INTO THIS FICTITIOUS ORGANIZATION WAS DONE
ON A CAMPING TRIP WITH A NOW DISBANDED GIRL SCOUT TROOP
FROM ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL, WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN IN 1963.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE

Date learned: 00-00-1963