[lit-ideas] Re: The Hokey Pokey, usw

  • From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:20:15 -0800

Yesterday while preparing for Monday's class I came across the claim that ice cream cones were invented at the St. Louis world's fair. This turns out not to have been the case. The story tells you what the hokey pokey was and that Portland has some part of the claim to fame.


David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon

http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/IceCream/IceCreamCone.htm
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