The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

THE PHANTOM PLEDGE

ONCE THERE WAS A PLEDGE WHO WASN'T VERY A GOOD PLEDGE.
SHE DIDN'T DO EVERYTHING A PLEDGE SHOULD DO.
FRIDAY OF HELL-WEED-END, SHE WAS AT HOME WAITING
FOR A MEMBER TO PICK HER UP. BUT NO ONE EVER CAME.
SHE WAITED AND WAITED, BUT NEVER GOT TO GO TO
HELL-WEEK-END. SHE HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE. BUT
EVERY SEMESTER AT HELL-WEEK-END, SHE COMES AND
STANDS ON A HILL AND CRIES AND MOANS THAT SHE NEVER
HAD A HELL-WEKK-END. DO YOU THINK YOU WILL GET
PICKED UP? OR WILL THERE BE ANOTHER PHANTOM PLEDGE?

Submitter comment: THIS IS TOLD TO THE PLEDGES OF KAPPA BETA GAMMA
SORORITY BEFORE THEY GO UP TO HELL-WEEK-END.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): GHOSTLY NOISES

Date learned: 10-30-1969