> On Jun 14, 2015, at 10:45, Paper Dragon <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I learned in 1960 as waterbomb. I have see it called paper balloon, too. I 
> remember seeing billed as a container for fireflies - with clear paper. There 
> was a story about Japanese children putting flies in them so that their 
> buzzing would cause the paper to make noise.

Not just make noise; the ball would move around on its own. And English friend 
of mine recalled that his older brother did this back around 1920. 

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