_Chuckle-de-Muck_

truckly-muck n When I was only a small boy, 8 or 9 years old, we used to play a game in which we imitated driving a car or truck. All you had to do was get a flat stick about 3 ft long and nail the end of it to a gallon paint-cam cover. We would then run around wheeling this little invention before...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78189
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Summary:truckly-muck n When I was only a small boy, 8 or 9 years old, we used to play a game in which we imitated driving a car or truck. All you had to do was get a flat stick about 3 ft long and nail the end of it to a gallon paint-cam cover. We would then run around wheeling this little invention before us, pretending to drive a car + going through all the motions. The queer contraption was called of all things a _Chuckle-de-Muck_. [check] (over) --- > [reverse] _CHUCKLE-DE-MUCK_ [Picture] flat stick appox. 3ft long nail gallom paint-can coven DICT CEN DNE-cit Used I Used I 2 Used I chuckle-de-muck, trucklemuck, truckly, truckle NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY. Citation on reverse at T_15504.