Posted by Vin on 5/17/2004, 9:25 am The origin I heard was that the Golliwog was representative, in folklore, of helpers to Santa Clause and got their black faces and hair from the soot in the chimneys. Anyone else have any knmowledge of the origin? Like so many things the Golliwog has been picked up by the P.C. brigade and perverted to suit their own purposes.
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I did read somewhere (where I don't recall) that the origins of the Golliwog do not lie in the black community.
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