The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

THE FIRST PERSON TO SEE THE STREET LIGHTS COME ON AT
NIGHT WOULD COUNT OUT LOUD FROM ONE TO TEN AND YELL
"FIRST TO SEE THE STREETLIGHTS COME ON." THIS WAS
THE EXTENT OF THE GAME AND YOU WOULD CONTINUE ON
WITH WHAT YOU WERE DOING.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON

Date learned: 00001950S LATE