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Childlore is folklore passed directly between children, without the input of adults.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childlore

Stuff I can think of off the top of my head are paper fortune tellers, summoning Bloody Mary/the candyman, the cool S, parody songs like "Jingle bells Batman Smells" and "Joy to the world, the teacher's dead" etc.

This stuff has intrigued me since, well since I was a kid. I always wondered where they came from. I never saw adults doing that stuff, so I figured another kid had to have come up with it.

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[–] early_riser@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

My childhood was in Los Angeles in the early 1960s, so it's possible the cartoon's author had a similar background and Dwayne is a humorous twist on Deem.

[–] early_riser@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

IDK but the Brothers Chaps are from Georgia. I was just trying to be funny.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well you succeeded, and now I have to go learn more about them and their work! (so I can't possibly do any of my chores rn)

[–] early_riser@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

oh you're welcome. Homestar Runner was a staple of the 2000s. The original site used to be all in Flash until adobe killed it, which they comment on here. There used to be a "disturbingly comprehensive" wiki, but it seems to have been buried by bot traffic. The domain is pingable but http requests time out.