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bobbieinok

(12,858 posts) Sun Jan 21, 2018, 02:57 AM Jan 2018

'Where was Mary when the lights went out? Down in the cellar eating sauercraut.' From Mom b 1913

Did you learn this as a kid?

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'Where was Mary when the lights went out? Down in the cellar eating sauercraut.' From Mom b 1913 (Original Post) bobbieinok Jan 2018 OP

Yes, in the 60's Runningdawg Jan 2018 #1

Sounds scary MFM008 Jan 2018 #2

Have no idea. As kids we thought it hilarious, probably because of 'sauercraut' bobbieinok Jan 2018 #3

Mine was more of a riddle cyclonefence Jan 2018 #4

Runningdawg

(4,516 posts)

1. Yes, in the 60's

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 03:03 AM

Jan 2018

in a cellar, waiting for the storms to pass.
We didn't eat kraut but it was common to open up a jar of home canned fruit stored there and pass the jar around.

MFM008

(19,808 posts)

2. Sounds scary

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:15 AM

Jan 2018

Alluding to storm cellar?

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)

3. Have no idea. As kids we thought it hilarious, probably because of 'sauercraut'

Reply to MFM008 (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 10:47 AM

Jan 2018

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)

4. Mine was more of a riddle

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 01:17 PM

Jan 2018

"Where was Moses when the lights went out?"

"In the dark."

Edited to add: at this site http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/6810/ American jukebox there is listed a recording from 1901 of "where was moses when the lights went out" but I don't know how to make it play the song, so I don't know if the patriarch was in the dark or down in the cellar eating sauerkraut.

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