The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

A LOT OF PEOPLE SIT AROUND A TABLE. EACH PLAYER HAS
A PIECE OF PAPER AND A PENCIL. 1) FIRST EACH PLAYER
IS SUPPOSED TO WRITE DOWN THE NAME OF A MAN OR BOY
WHO IS PRESENT OR WHO IS KNOWN TO THE REST OF THE
PLAYERS. THEN EACH PLAYER FOLDS OVER THAT PART OF
THE PAPER SO THAT NO ONE CAN READ IT. EVERYONE PASSES
HIS PIECE OF PAPER TO THE PLAYER ON HIS RIGHT.
2) WITHOUT UNFOLDING THE PAPER OR LOOKING AT THE BOY'S
NAME, THAT PLAYER WRITES DOWN THE NAME OF A GIRL WHO IS
PRESENT OR KNOWN TO THE REST OF THE PLAYERS. THEN THE
PIECE OF PAPER IS FOLDED AGAIN AND PASSED TO THE PLAYER
TO THE RIGHT AGAIN. 3) WITHOUT UNFOLDING THE PAPER
OR LOOKING AT THE NAMES ALREADY WRITTEN, THAT PLAYER IS
TOLD TO WRITE DOWN A PLACE WHERE THE BOY AND THE GIRL
GO ON A TRIP. THE PROCEDURE CONTINUES WITH THE
QUESTIONS 4) WHAT DID THEY SEE ON THEIR TRIP?
5) WHAT DID SHE SAY TO HIM. 6) WHAT DID HE SAY TO
HER? 7) WHAT DID HE GIVE HER? 8) WHAT DID SHE GIVE
HIM? 9) WHAT IS THE PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT THIS?
AFTER THESE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED, THEN THE PAPERS ARE
UNFOLDED AND THE STORY IS READ. THE PAPER LOOKS
LIKE THIS AFTER IT IS UNFOLDED.

Submitter comment: ILLUSTRATIONS OF NAMES, ETC., ON FOLDED PIECE OF
PAPER DEPICTED ON 5 X 8 CARD.
THEY ARE VERY FUNNY. WE PLAYED THIS GAME AT A FAMILY
PARTY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 02-21-1971