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ELEPHANT JOKE
WHY DO ELEPHANTS WEAR RED TENNIS SHOES?
SO THEY CAN HIDE IN THE STRAWBERRY PATCH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
ELEPHANT JOKE
WHY DID THE ELEPHANT PAINT A YELLOW DOT ON HIS HEAD?
BECAUSE BLONDS HAVE MORE FUN
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
RIDDLE
WHAT'S PURPLE AND CONQUERED THE WORLD?
ALEXANDER THE GRAPE
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
ELEPHANT JOKE
WHY DO ELEPHANTS WEAR RED SLIPPERS?
SO THEY CAN HIDE IN THE CHERRY TREES
Submitter comment: THERE ARE SEVERAL INTERESTING VARIATIONS OF THIS SAME JOKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
Keyword(s): FRUIT COLOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
ELEPHANT JOKE
WHY DO ELEPHANTS WEAR BLUE TENNIS SHOES?
SO THEY CAN HIDE IN THE BLUEBERRY PATCH
Submitter comment: VARIATION TOLD AT THE SAME TIME
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRUIT COLOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE, BLACK AND WHITE, BLACK AND WHITE, ECT.?
A NUN ROLLING DOWN A HILL.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO HER BY A FRIEND IN SCHOOL
Data entry tech comment: TO BE FOLLOWED BY THIS RIDDLE:
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): CHAIN SERIES ; COLOR ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-09-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
A BLEEDING NUN
Submitter comment: TOLD TO HER BY A FRIEND IN SCHOOL
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-09-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
A NEWSPAPER
Submitter comment: TOLD TO HER BY A FRIEND IN SCHOOL
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-09-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT IS PURPLE AND LIGHTS UP?
AN ELECTRIC GRAPE
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS FROM FRIENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL ( 1965 )
Where learned: OHIO ; WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
IF YOU EAT BREAD CRUSTS YOU WILL HAVE BLACK CURLY HAIR.
Submitter comment:
IN AN ATTEMPT TO CURE MY BLOND HAIR,
MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD TELL ME THIS AS A CHILD.
BLACK HAIR IS CONSIDERED THE LOVELIEST FEATURE
A ROMANIAN WOMAN CAN HAVE AND HAS BEEN CONSIDERED SO FOR GENERATIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19378 BURGESS
Keyword(s): BREAD ; ETHNIC SUPERSTITION ; HAIR COLOR ; ROMANIAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 11-26-1971
Belief
RED HEADED WOMEN ARE MORE PASSIONATE AND BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated and Motifs added / 02-28-2011 / TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; 1001 CADIEUX
Keyword(s): Blonde ; Brunette ; COLOR ; Female ; HAIR ; Red ; Stereotype ; Woman ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 02-12-1970
RED HAIR
IF YOU HAVE RED HAIR, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BAD TEMPER.
Keyword(s): HAIR COLOR ; TEMPER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
BLONDE
BORN BLONDE, DIE BALD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BALDNESS ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; HAIR COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Birth PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-23-1968
ELIGIBLE GIRLS
THE AMISH PAINT THEIR DOOR BLUE IF THERE IS AN ELIGIBLE GIRL LIVING
THERE. ANY BACHELOR CAN GO AND VISIT THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Signs of availability |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
CUSTOM
IT IS A CUSTOM OF THE AMISH PEOPLE TO PAINT THEIR FARMHOUSE DOOR
BLUE IF THEY HAVE A MARRIAGEABLE DAUGHTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 1130 BOOK BUILDING
Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Signs of availability |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
VALENTINE ROSES
GOTTEN YOURSELF IN TROUBLE? WELL, ONE YOUNG MAN, AN ADMIRER OF A
MERCY STUDENT(MERCY COLLEGE), SENT HIS GIRL A RED ROSE FOR
VALENTINE'S DAY. IT SEEMS AS IF THIS IS A BAD THING FOR THE STORY
IS THAT A RED ROSE SIGNIFIES THAT THE FRIENDSHIP OR RELATIONSHIP
WILL BE BROKEN IN THE YEAR. A WHITE ROSE ON THE OTHER HAND, NOT
ONLY SHOWS A LOVING ATTITUDE BUT AN ASSURANCE OF THE STRENGTHENING
OF THAT LOVE. SO, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TELL A MERCY GIRL OF YOUR LOVE
ON VALENTINE'S DAY, SEND A WHITE ROSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 8200 W OUTER DR
Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating, courtship mechanics |
Date learned: 02-14-1967
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
WHEN A LITTLE FLAME OF A CANDLE BURNS BLUE, A GHOST IS PRESENT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Uffner, Judy ; 11321 Wormer
Keyword(s): COLOR ; Flame ; GHOST ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
CHRISTMAS BELIEF
WHEN THE MORNING SKY IS RED AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME, IT'S MRS. SANTA
CLAUS BAKING UP LOTS OF CHRISTMAS COOKIES.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO ELAINE BY HER GRANDMOTHER WHO IS GERMAN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; Stephenson, Elaine
Keyword(s): Baking ; CHRISTMAS ; COLOR ; Cookies ; Legend ; Mrs. Claus ; Red ; SIGN ; Sky ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
DANDELION BELIEF
AS CHILDREN IN MAMARONECK, NEW YORK, WE BELIEVED THAT IF YOU PICKED A DANDELION, YOU'D HAVE TO URINATE.
Submitter comment:
Learned in late 1940s.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector appear to be the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; NEW YORK ; MAMARONECK
Keyword(s): COLOR ; HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT WEED ; YELLOW COLOR ASSOCIATES WITH URINATION?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
BLACK TABOO
IF YOU EAT BLACK GRAPES OR BLACK FIGS THEN SOME SORT OF BAD LUCK WILL FOLLOW, SUCH AS BAD NEWS, OR YOU'LL DO SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL FEEL SORRY ABOUT LATER. HOWEVER, RED, WHITE, GREEN, AND BLUE GRAPES/FIGS ARE OK TO EAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME ; 5583 South 4th St.
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC, COLOR
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-18-1971