The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

TELEPHONE--GAME

PLAYERS SIT IN A CIRCLE OR A LINE, BUT CLOSE TO ONE
ANOTHER. ONE PERSON IN THE CIRCLE OR THE END
PERSON IN A LINE WOULD WHISPER A SENTENCE IN HIS
NEIGHBOR'S EAR WHO IN TURN WOULD WHISPER TO THE
PERSON NEXT TO HIM AND SO ON, UNTIL THE LAST PERSON.
THE LAST PERSON WOULD THEN REVEAL THE RESULTING
(USUALLY GARBLED) SENTENCE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 11-05-1967