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RIDDLE
Q: TO WHAT MAN DOES EVERY ONE ALWAYS TAKE OFF HIS HAT?
A: THE BARBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LITERAL ; PERSONS (A) ; PERSONS (Q) ; WEARABLE (Q)
James Callow Keyword(s): OCCUPATIONS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NON ORAL RIDDLE
Q: WHAT IS THIS? .
A: A GHOST WITH A CINDER IN HIS EYE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED MATTER (Q) ; PERSONS (A) ; VISUAL
James Callow Keyword(s): VISUAL RIDDLE -- PERIOD OR DOT ON PAPER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
MIZSLE - LITHUANIAN RIDDLE
Q: KAS VAIKSCIAJA RYTAZ KETURIOMIS, DIENAZ DXAEM, O VAKARE TRIMYS
KOJOMIS? - WHAT WALKS ON FOUR LEGS IN THE MORNING, TWO DURING THE
DAY, AND ON THREE IN THE EVENING.
A: TMOGUS - A MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; NUMBERS AND MEASUREMENTS (Q) ; PERSONS (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 03-07-1968
RIDDLE
Q: THE BENCH GETS TIRED, BUT NOT THE SITTER.
A: A MAN ON A HORSE.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMALS (A) ; FURNITURE (Q) ; PERSONS (A) ; PERSONS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
INDIAN RIDDLE
Q: TWO INDIANS WERE WALKING DOWN A PATH. THE ONE BEHIND THE ONE IN
FRONT WAS THE SON OF THE FIRST ONE. THE FIRST ONE WASN T HIS
FATHER, WHO WAS IT?
A: HIS MOTHER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS RIDDLE WHILE AT A SORORITY PARTY.
Data entry tech comment: ANOTHER EXAMPLE IN THE 5 X 8 CARD FILES. CK[ FAMILY MEMBERS ; SHORT STORY AS RIDDLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; PARTICULAR AREA (Q) ; PERSONS (A) ; PERSONS (Q)
James Callow Keyword(s): FAMILY MEMBERS ; SHORT STORY AS RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
RIDDLE
Q: IF LITTLE INDIAN IS THE SON OF BIG INDIAN, BUT BIG INDIAN IS
NOT LITTLE INDIAN'S FATHER, WHO IS BIG INDIAN?
A: HIS MOTHER.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME WHILE IN THE STUDENT UNION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LITERAL NONOPPOSITIONAL ; PERSONS (A) ; PERSONS (Q) ; PUZZLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
RIDDLE
Q: IF APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS, WHAT DO MAY FLOWERS BRING?
A: PILGRIMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LITERAL ; NATURAL PHENONMENA (Q) ; PERSONS (A)
James Callow Keyword(s): MAYFLOWER, THE SHIP ; MONTHS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
Q: NOT AND SHOT FOUGHT A DUEL. NOT WAS SHOT AND SHOT WAS NOT. NOW
WOULD YOU RATHER BE SHOT OR NOT?
A: SHOT - FOR NOT WAS SHOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; LITERAL NONOPPOSITIONAL ; PERSONS (A) ; PERSONS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
RIDDLE
Q: A BEGGAR HAD A BROTHER AND THE BROTHER DIED, AND THE ONE THAT
DIED HAD NO BROTHER.
A: HE HAD A SISTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; ANTITHETICAL ; PERSONS (A) ; PERSONS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
RIDDLE
Q: BROTHERS AND SISTERS / I HAVE NONE,/ BUT THAT MAN'S FATHER/ IS MY
FATHER'S SON.
A: ME.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Data entry tech comment: 8 OTHER EXAMPLES IN THE 5 X 8 CARD FILES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LITERAL ; PERSONS (A) ; PERSONS (Q) ; PUZZLE QUESTION
James Callow Keyword(s): CATCH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
CLERGY RIDDLE
Q: TELL ME IF YOU CAN/ WHO IS THE HIGHLY FAVORED MAN/ THAT HAS
MARRIED MANY A WIFE/ BUT IS SINGLE ALL HIS LIFE.
A: A PRIEST.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; CAUSAL OPPOSITIONAL ; PERSONS (A) ; PERSONS (Q)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR