"fanelights"

[Lynne Murphy]

I'm doing a bit of research on the "jinx" ritual, where people race to say
"jinx" after speaking simultaneously.  My (English) partner says that on
his playground kids said "jinx and fanelights"--except that we have no idea
how to spell "fanelights".  A few attempts on google have been fruitless.
Does anyone know this word?

Ta,
Lynne

Dr M Lynne Murphy
Senior Lecturer and Head of Department
Linguistics and English Language
Arts B133
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QN

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