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

Mon Sep 26 16:14:39 UTC 2022

Here is a 1955 citation for hula-hoops, but it refers to hoop earrings
and not something that spins around the waist. I am posting this
because it may help to clarify ambiguous citations that are discovered
in the future.

Date: August 19, 1955
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
Newspaper Location: London, England
Article: THEY'RE THE HULA-HOOPS!
Author: Helen Hugh
Quote Page 15, Column 1
Database: British Newspaper Archive

[Begin excerpt]
THEY'RE THE HULA-HOOPS!
FOR the girl who chooses her earrings big, bold and beautiful—here are
a pair of grass-skirted HULA-HOOPS.
In shiny white raffia, they make perfect companions for off the
shoulder sun-dresses and swimsuits.
[End excerpt]

Garson

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 11:48 AM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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".
>
> https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-320273850/view?sectionId=nla.obj-364218709&searchTerm=hula+hoop&partId=nla.obj-320302210
>
>
> > 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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