[Ads-l] Fw: Antedating of "Hula Hoop"

[Bill Mullins]

Slightly earlier:

1957 _Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM_ v 28 n 2; 1 Sep. 32/3, 36/1

You don't bowl them, you put them round your middle and by swinging the hips in [jump to p 36] a circular motion keep the hoop revolving -- hence the name "hula hoop".

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> hula hoop (OED 1958)
>
> 1957 _Tampa Tribune_ 3 Dec. 6/8 (Newspapers.com)  The "Hula hoop" is all the rage among the
> female small fry of Australia.
>
> Fred Shapiro


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