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RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK AND ROUND AND HAS A WHOLE IN THE MIDDLE?
-- A RECORD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PHONOGRAPH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
RIDDLE
WHAT DOESN'T EAT NOR DOESN'T DRINK BUT RUNS AND STRIKES?
-- A CLOCK
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CLOCK
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-02-1970
MARY THE GOLDFISH
MAY LAY DEAD ON THE FLOOR COMPLETELY NUDE. JOHN WAS
ASLEEP ON THE COUCH. THERE WAS A POOL OF WATER BESIDE
MARY AND ON OVERTURNED BOWL. HOW DID MARY DIE?
TELLER OR INFORMANT ANSWERE QUESTIONS THAT CAN BE ANSWERED
"YES" AND "NO" UNTIL THE STORY UNFOLDS.
-- MARY IS A GOLDFISH AND JOHN IS A CAT.
Submitter comment:
FIRST HEARD BY INFORMANT AROUND 1952. IT HAS BEEN PASSED
ON AND HEARD FREQUENTLY SINCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 00-00-1952
Riddle
Flour of England, Fruit of Spain-
Met together in a shower of rain.
Put in a bag and tied round with a string-
If you'll tell me this riddle
I'll give you a ring.
Answer: Plum Pudding
Data entry tech comment:
Entry by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Felderman, Roberta ; Normandy
Keyword(s): England ; Language ; Plum Pudding ; RHYME ; RIDDLE ; Spain
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Riddle
Long legs, crooked thighs, little head and no eyes.
Answer: Tongs
Data entry tech comment:
No informant or collector data given.
Entry by TRD
Keyword(s): BODY PARTS ; PUZZLE ; RHYME ; RIDDLE ; Tongs ; UTENSILS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Riddle
Black we are, but much admired
Men seek for us until they are tired.
We tire the horse, but comfort man
Tell me this riddle, if you can!
Answer: Coal
Data entry tech comment:
No informant or collector data given.
Entry by TRD
Keyword(s): COAL ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Old-Fashioned Puzzle
From six take nine,
From nine take ten,
From forty take fifty,
And six will remain.
From SIX take IX: left S
From IX take X: left I
From XL take L: left X
[equals] SIX
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
True Riddle
A father and his son were driving along the highway. They had a bad wreck. The father died and the son was sent to the hospital. When the boy arrived there, the doctor turned to him and said: "Oh my God, my son."
What relation is the doctor to the boy?
(Answer: It's his mother.)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Man A was in the hospital. Man B came to visit the sick man. When the nurse asked what relation Man B was to the patient, Man B replied:
"Sisters and brothers have I none.
This man's father is my father's only son."
Who is Man B?
Answer: father of patient
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Proverb
Black within and red without
Four corners round about
--A chimney--
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
A riddle, a riddle as I suppose
A hundred eyes, and never a nose
--A potato--
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Normandy
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
As round as an apple
As deep as a cup
And all the king's horses
Cannot pull it up
--A well--
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Normandy
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Riddle
I've seen you where you never were
And where you ne're will be
And yet you in that very same place
May still be seen by me
--Reflection in a mirror--
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
As I went over London Bridge
I met my sister Ann
I pulled off her head and licked her blood
And left her body stand.
(speaking of a bottle of wine)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C8 RIDDLE -- True Riddle |