Sky Hook

[Gerald Cohen]

I also remember it from summer camp. At the age of 14 and 15
(1955-1956) I attended a camp called Shaker Village, somewhere in NY
State. (If I remember right, the religious sect known as the Shakers
had once lived there). One older fellow (early 20s?) several times
humorously referred to "a Shaker sky hook." All I remember about this
is that it was something non-existent.

Gerald Cohen



At 7:33 AM -0800 12/19/03, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>
>On Dec 19, 2003, at 6:45 AM, James A. Landau wrote:
>
>>  Another possibliity is that it started out as a practical joke of the
>>snipe-hunt variety, as in the following account (dated September 1967
>>but the gag
>>could be decades older):...
>
>it was a staple of my time in summer camp (1948-53 at the first, in
>wernersville, pa.) that new boys were sent out  to find a snipe and/or
>fetch a sky hook.
>
>arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)