The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

STREETLIGHT GAME--GAME OF FIRSTS

WHEN THE FIRST STREETLIGHT COMES ON, YOU ARE TO YELL OUT,
"ZERO, FIRST STREETLIGHT!" ANOTHER PERSON SHOUTS, "ZERO,
SECOND STREETLIGHT!" THE PERSON WHO SAYS, "ZERO, THIRD
STREETLIGHT!" GETS HIT BY THE REST OF THE GROUP.

Submitter comment: WE USED TO PLAY THIS EVERY NIGHT WHEN THE STREETLIGHTS WOULD
COME ON. THEN EVERYBODY CAUGHT ON AND WE WOULD HAVE TO
COMPEL SOMEONE TO TAKE THE THIRD PART SO THE GAME
COULD FINISH AND WE COULD SWAT SOMEBODY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: NOT GIVEN