<P> The term `` helter - skelter '' was first recorded in the United Kingdom at Hull Fair in October 1905 , taking its name from the much older adverb meaning `` in confused , disorderly haste '' . Other recorded names for the slide include Canadian slide , alpine glide , lighthouse slip , slipping the slip and glacier slip . </P>
<P> The term `` helter - skelter '' was first recorded in the United Kingdom at Hull Fair in October 1905 , taking its name from the much older adverb meaning `` in confused , disorderly haste '' . Other recorded names for the slide include Canadian slide , alpine glide , lighthouse slip , slipping the slip and glacier slip . </P>
where does the word helter skelter come from
where does the word helter skelter come from
Hull Fair
Hull Fair