The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

UNCLE DING-DONG

Submitter comment: WHEN INFORMANT WAS IN HIS EARLY TWENTIES, HE DROVE A
STREET-CAR ON A STREET WHICH WAS PRIMARILY TRAVELLED
BY CHILDREN. WHENEVER HE WOULD PASS BY CHILDREN HE WOULD
RING THE STREET-CAR BELL, AND SO IN THAT SMALL TOWN HE
BECAME KNOWN AS "UNCLE DING-DONG".

Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT

Date learned: 02-08-1970