> On Jun 14, 2015, at 10:45, Paper Dragon <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. ---------- Joseph Wu, Origami Artist (via iPhone) e: [email protected] w: http://www.origami.as flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephwuorigami/ facebook: http://www.facebook.com/joseph.wu.origami
