The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

IT FLOATS

MY MOTHER USED TO TELL ME ABOUT A HAUNTED HOUSE THAT HAD
GHOSTS, BATS, DRAGGING CHAINS AND OTHER SCARY THINGS.
WHEN SHE HAD BUILT UP THE SUSPENSE, SHE WOULD SAY,
"IT FLOATS, IT FLOATS," AND THEN I WOULD SAY, "WHAT
FLOATS?" AND SHE WOULD GRIN AND SAY, "WHY, IVORY
SOAP FLOATS!"

Submitter comment: HEARD WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK

Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER