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18 Mar 12 - 05:58 PM (#3324794) Subject: Folklore: Childrens' paper fortune tellers From: Mo the caller We were remembering childhood games on another forum and I googled these folded paper fortune-tellers (since it is very difficult to describe them in words). Wiki quotes the Opies as saying that they started being used for 'fortune telling' in the 50s in the UK. Which surprised me. We had them in my last year at junior school (1954), maybe earlier, and I thought they'd always been around. I knew that American Skipping (with linked rubber bands in a loop round your friends legs, or chair legs) had come in sometime in the 7 years after I left junior school, as my sister did it. And reading Mudcat confirms that, with quotes from the Opies. So does anyone NOT remember using these fortune tellers? Is it only in the UK that children did it? And do they still do it? I can't remember my children bringing any home. |
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18 Mar 12 - 06:32 PM (#3324802) Subject: RE: Folklore: Childrens' paper fortune tellers From: Cool Beans I remember them from grade school in the 1950s in Brooklyn NY. Forgot how to make 'em, though. |
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18 Mar 12 - 06:57 PM (#3324817) Subject: RE: Folklore: Childrens' paper fortune tellers From: Monique We had them in the late 50's in Southern France and I saw some of my first graders play with them around 10 years ago. |
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18 Mar 12 - 07:20 PM (#3324832) Subject: RE: Folklore: Childrens' paper fortune tellers From: Lighter Cool Beans is right. The year for me was 1955. Wikipedia claims they were introduced to the English-speaking world in 1928. Undoubtedly they took several years to catch on fully. I can't think of what they were called either. |
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18 Mar 12 - 07:50 PM (#3324844) Subject: RE: Folklore: Childrens' paper fortune tellers From: Mo the caller The wiki article says they were in a 1928 book of origami as salt cellars (up the other way). But I can't imagine that, how would they stand up? Anyone got an early date than 1954 for them as fortune-tellers? |
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18 Mar 12 - 08:15 PM (#3324857) Subject: RE: Folklore: Childrens' paper fortune tellers From: YorkshireYankee I remember them from grade school in the Detroit area in the 60s. |
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18 Mar 12 - 09:09 PM (#3324874) Subject: RE: Folklore: Childrens' paper fortune tellers From: Bernard My grandchildren still make them (Bolton, UK)! |
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19 Mar 12 - 12:35 PM (#3325210) Subject: RE: Folklore: Childrens' paper fortune tellers From: SINSULL Mid fifties in NYC Made one about a week ago when I was bored. |
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19 Mar 12 - 01:05 PM (#3325223) Subject: RE: Folklore: Childrens' paper fortune tellers From: Monique We would call it "salière" (saltshaker) |
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19 Mar 12 - 01:06 PM (#3325224) Subject: RE: Folklore: Childrens' paper fortune tellers From: maeve This is one of many paper crafts handed down in our family. They work fine as containers for sweets. The "salt cellar" name may refer to the form more than the use. Here are directions: http://www.origami-resource-center.com/fortune-teller.html |
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19 Mar 12 - 01:06 PM (#3325225) Subject: RE: Folklore: Childrens' paper fortune tellers From: GUEST,Auldtimer I remember them from school in the late fifties '58/ '59 in Ayrshire. We called them " mup mups ". |
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19 Mar 12 - 01:17 PM (#3325229) Subject: RE: Folklore: Childrens' paper fortune tellers From: Ole Juul I don't recall a name, but I remember them from the 60's here in Western Canada. I wonder if they are still around. They require four fingers and don't take batteries - but nevertheless involve the thumbs. |
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19 Mar 12 - 01:41 PM (#3325246) Subject: RE: Folklore: Childrens' paper fortune tellers From: open mike we called these "cootie catchers" and this design was also used on may day to put small candies and violets on front door knobs. then we would ring the bell and run away. A construction paper handle would be stapled on to loop over the door handle. this was 1960-1968 in Nebraska. |