Here is a transcription of my (CB) interview with my informant (AH). CB: “Can you tell me about Bloody Mary?” AH: “Yes! So I learned about Bloody Mary when I was pretty little. I think that it was one of my friends in elementary school that taught me about it, but I don’t really remember… Continue Reading »
Folk Story: “I’m pretty sure it’s a legend, but also it might be true…It was before my time. But, I went to a private Jewish high school in LA and there’s a bathroom on campus next to our gym that is fabled to – the girls bathroom specifically – apparently was home to a sex… Continue Reading »
The informant says he’s had very little experience with taboos but that one experience in particular stands out to him: When he was at the Mexico City airport, waiting for a connecting flight, he stepped into a mostly empty bathroom and went for the big stall because he likes the extra space. Someone in the… Continue Reading »
“Knock, knock” “Who’s there?” “Banana” “Banana who?” “I have to go to the bathroom” This knock knock joke was collected in a second grade classroom in South Los Angeles. The active carrier of this joke was a student in that classroom who heard it from her neighbor while playing one day. After finishing the joke,… Continue Reading »
Chuckie Bathroom Informant: I first heard it from one of my friends, but then it kind of like turned into a game. So there is a bathroom downstairs at my school which weird because there is a toilet where every time you flush it, it makes a burping noise. So it goes like “zzzzzzzzhhhhhhh …. Continue Reading »