The catchy, nonsense phrase that was popular with the
Hokey-pokey men:
"Hokey-pokey, pokey ho. Hokey-pokey, a penny a lump.
Hokey-pokey, find a cake; hokey-pokey on the lake. Here's the stuff
to make you jump; hokey-pokey, penny a lump. Hokey-pokey, sweet and
cold; for a penny, new or old."
This sound would draw in swarms of children on a hot summer’s
day in the city. Hokey-pokey actually referred to the cheap ice
cream or ice milk. The post Civil War era found the number of ice
cream vendors called Hokey-Pokey Men, exploding in the larger
cities. The term "Hokey Pokey" most probably evolved from the
Italian cry that the Italian vendors used to sell their cheap ice
cream, although the origin is not known. There have been several
theories: a corruption of "Ecce, Ecce" (Look, Look); a derivation
of "Hocus Pocus;" a corruption of "Ecco un poco" (Italian for
Here’s a little), the Italian "Oche poco" (Oh how little) - the
last one being a reference to price, rather than the quantity of
the ice cream.
Now it is your job to try and find the Hokey-pokey man by
deciphering the following puzzle and filling in the missing
numbers: N 39 0 _ . _ _ 0 : W 077 _ _ . _ _ _ to reach your goal of
some yummy ice cream.
Congratulations to Gim&me on FTF!