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Is it true that if you find an Indian with a star on your tootsie pop you get a free one?

I heard it was true but I never really believed it. Is it? If you do get one where do you turn it in to get a free one?? THANKS A ZILLION!

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1. Ya sure. I have a bridge I would like to tell you about also. Your name is apropos. Here is the urban legend info Nobody seems to know how this rumor got started, least of all the folks at Tootsie Roll Industries in Chicago, Illinois, who have been politely deflecting mail-in requests for free Tootsie Roll Pops ever since the 1930s. They maintain there was never any sort of official promotion or contest associated with Tootsie Pop wrappers. Where the notion came from remains a mystery. Actually, there's more to the mistakenly revered wrapper than just a star. The illustration shows an American Indian shooting an arrow at a star, and it's that Indian most people mention when they speak of the legend. I'm told about one-third of all Tootsie Pop wrappers sport the design. Why? For variety, apparently. Not much of a mystery there. The Legend of the Indian Wrapper For many years the company responded to kids who wrote in to claim their free Tootsie Pop with an apologetic (and surely disappointing) note, but since 1982 they've also enclosed a short work of fiction called "The Legend of the Indian Wrapper," apparently intended to serve as a sort of consolation prize. In fine ad-executive prose, it tells of a man "long, long ago, when all lollipops were made alike," who wanted to make a new kind of sucker with something special inside. But he couldn't figure out how. Well, one day the man awoke "to find a grand Indian chief smiling at him. The chief told the man that he would help him make a lollipop with a chewy candy center, if the man promised the chief that he would never, ever, stop making them for people. The man promised. ... The 'Indian Wrapper' is supposedly a sign that the grand chief has personally checked that particular lollipop for the chewy candy center."
2. yeaaa i heard that too! but idk where to hand it in lol.. when i was little i use to collect em!
3. Don't know...I once found an ant on mine and I didn't even get another to replace it!
4. yeah i used to get free ones from the ice cream lady when i turned them in
5. yea with my grandpa.....he he
6. When I was a kid we could just go back to the store we bought them from and get another free one. It was a kinder, gentler time though...I doubt merchant would still do that.
7. If it isn't true, and it has been such an issue since the 30s, why didnt they jsut STOP PRINTING THE INDIAN?