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ANIMAL RIDDLE

THEY CROSS AN OSTRICH WITH A HOLIDAY TURKEY AND GOT A BIRD THAT
STICK ITS HEAD IN THE MASHED POTATOES.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

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AMIMAL RIDDLE

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YPU CROSS A KANGAROO WITH A MINK?
YOU GET A FUR WITH A POCKET.

Where learned: ROOM

Keyword(s): ANIMALS

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-10-1967

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WHY DID THE MORON THROW THE BUTTER OUT THE WINDOW?
HE WANTED TO SEE THE BUTTER FLY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 10-01-1969

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WHAT IS IT THAT NEVER WAS AND NEVER WILL BE?
A MOUSES' NEST IN A CAT'S EAR.

Where learned: UNKNOWN

Keyword(s): ANIMALS

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 10-12-1965

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WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE STREET?
TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANIMALS

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-17-1967

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WHAT IS GRAY AND HAS A TRUNK?
A MOUSE READY TO MOVE OR A MOUSE ON VACATION.

Submitter comment: AS TYPIST, I HAD 7 CARDS WITH THIS SAME JOKE ON IT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANIMALS

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 04-00-1968

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WHY DO BIRDS FLY SOUTH FOR THE WINTER?
BECAUSE IT'S TOO FAR TO WALK.

Submitter comment: AS TYPIST, I HAD 4 CARDS WITH THIS SAME JOKE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANIMALS

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1965

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RIDDLE

WHAT'S LONG AT NIGHT AND SHORT IN THE DAY?
-- A CAT, BECAUSE YOU LET IT OUT AT NIGHT AND
TAKE IT IN DURING THE DAY.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-22-1968

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RIDDLE

WHAT HAS FOUR LEGS, A TAIL, AND EARS?
-- A DOG. WHO TOLD YOU?

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): ANIMAL CANINE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-0000

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THREE WORMS

ONCE THERE WERE THREE WORMS - MOM, DAD, AND WEE LITTLE BABY -
WHO DECIDED TO HAVE A PICNIC. THEY PACKED A LUNCH AND
SCAMPERED OFF. WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE PARK IT CLOUDED UP
SO THEY RAN AS FAST AS THEY COULD TO THEIR HOLE. WHEN THEY
ARRIVED THERE SAFELY THE WEE BABY WORM SAID, "GEE, I'M GLAD THE
FOUR OF US ARRIVED SAFELY." WHY DID HE SAY "FOUR" WHEN THERE
WERE THREE? (TELLER IS ASKED QUESTIONS WITH "YES" AND "NO"
RESPONSES)
-- HE WAS TOO YOUNG TO COUNT ACCURATELY.

Submitter comment: FIRST HEARD IN 1952 AND MANY TIMES SINCE. SOMETIMES WITH
MICE INSTEAD OF WORMS.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): HUMOR INTELLIGENCE ATTIBUTED TO ANIMALS

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1952

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RIDDLE

IF A ROOSTER LAID AN EGG ON TOP OF A ROOF, WHICH WAY WOULD
IT FALL?
-- ROOSTERS DON'T LAY EGGS.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; LEFT RIGHT EAST WEST

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 02-23-1972

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RIDDLE

IF A ROOSTER LAID AN EGG ON THE TOP OF A ROOF, WHICH WAY
WOULD THE EGG ROLL?
-- NEITHER, ROOSTERS DON'T LAY EGGS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME

Keyword(s): ANIMAL LEFT RIGHT EAST WEST

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-0000

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RIDDLE

HOW CAN YOU TELL THE AGE OF A CHICKEN?
-- BY HIS TEETH. (CATCH - CHICKENS DO NOT HAVE TEETH).

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 02-25-1970

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HOW LONG IS A CAT, REALLY?

WHY IS A CAT LONGER AT NIGHT THAN IN THE MORNING?
-- BECAUSE AT NIGHT YOU LET THE CAT OUT, AND IN THE
MORNING YOU LET HIM IN.

Where learned: SCHOOL ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 09-18-1969

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RIDDLE

WHAT BIRD IS THAT WHOSE NAME REPRESENTS NOTHING,
TWICE YOURSELF AND FIFTY?
-- AN OWL.

Submitter comment: NEW ENGLAND FALKLAE
B.A. BATKINS
CROWN PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK.

Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME ; NEW YORK ; MILFORD

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 09-00-1967

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RABBIT RIDDLE

QUESTION: HOW CAN YOU CATCH A RABBIT?

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Keyword(s): ANIMAL (Q) ; TREE (A)

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR

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RIDDLE

QUESTION: HOW DO YOU CATCH A SQIRREL?
ANSWER: CLIMB UP A TREE AND ACT LIKE A NUT.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): ANIMAL (Q) ; TREE (A)

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR

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RIDDLE

QUESTION: HOW DO YOU CATCH A SQUIRREL?
ANSWER: OPEN THE TREE AND ACT LIKE A NUT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANIMAL (Q) ; TREE (A)

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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RIDDLE

QUESTION: HOW DO YOU CATCH A RABBIT?
ANSWER: YOU STAND BY A TREE AND SOUND LIKE A CARROT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Keyword(s): ANIMAL (Q) ; TREE (A)

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR

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RIDDLE

QUESTION: HOW CAN YOU CATCH A RABBIT?
ANSWER: STAND BEHIND A TREE AND MAKE NOISE LIKE A CARROT.

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Keyword(s): ANIMAL (Q) ; TREE (A)

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR

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