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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
WENDY
WENDY WHO?
WENDY JOKES ARE FINISHED, I'LL TELL YOU!

Submitter comment: I MADE UP THIS LAST JOKE FROM MY AUNT'S NAME, WENDY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE

James Callow Keyword(s): WHEN THE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00001960S

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
ORANGE
ORANGE WHO?
0 AREN'T YOU GLAD I DON'T TELL YOU ANY MORE KNOCK KNOCK JOKES!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00001960S

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

I HAVE A KNOCK KNOCK JOKE, BUT YOU MUST START IT FIRST.
KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
AH! YOU CAUGHT ME THERE!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00001960S

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

WHEN I SAY, "KNOCK, KNOCK", YOU REPLY, "WHO'S THERE?"
I WILL SAY A NAME, THEN YOU REPLY, "I GOT TO GO WEAR MY
COAT", THEN THAT NAME.
KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
BILL
I GOT TO GO WEAR MY COAT, BILL.
KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
SAM
I GOT TO GO WEAR MY COAT, SAM.
KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
TOM
I GOT TO GO WEAR MY COAT, TOM.
KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
TEX
I GOT TO GO WEAR MY COAT, TEX.!!!!!

Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS JOKE AT A PARTY AT A NUN'S RESIDENCE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE

James Callow Keyword(s): KOTEX IS A SANITARY NAPKIN.

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
NOBEL
NOBEL WHO?
NO BELL, SO I KNOCKED.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE

James Callow Keyword(s): DOORBELL

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
TANK
TANK WHO?
THANK YOU!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00001960S

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
YULE
YULE WHO?
YULE NEVER KNOW!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE

James Callow Keyword(s): "YOU'LL NEVER KNOW" WAS A SONG POPULAR IN THE 1940S.

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00001960S

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
HATCH
HATCH WHO?
GESUNDEIT!

Submitter comment: COULD USE ATCH INSTEAD OF HATCH

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE

James Callow Keyword(s): SNEEZE

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula
RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00001960S

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
BOO
BOO WHO?
IF YOU STOP CRYING, I'LL TELL YOU.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE

James Callow Keyword(s): BOO HOO

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00001960S

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
MANDE
MANDE WHO?
MAN THE LIFE BOATS,E'RE SINKING!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00001960S

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
OLIVE
OLIVE WHO?
I LOVE YOU!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00001960S

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
GOLIATH
GOLIATH WHO?
GO-LIATH DOWN, YOU LOOKETH TIRED.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE

James Callow Keyword(s): GO LIE DOWN, YOU LOOK TIRED

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00001960S

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
JUST
JUST WHO?
JUST LITTLE OLD ME!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00001960S

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE
DIANE
DIANE WHO?
DIANE TO MEET YOU!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE

James Callow Keyword(s): DYING

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00001960S

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TALE

ONCE THREE HUNTERS AND THEIR DOG WERE HUNTING IN THE
FOREST. NIGHT CAUGHT THEM UNAWARES AND SOON AFTER
IT BEGAN TO RAIN. LOST, THEY STUMBLED AROUND IN THE
FOREST UNTIL ONE OF THEM SPOTTED AN OLD ABANDONED
HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREST. THE HUNTERS
DECIDED TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN ITS SHELTER.
AROUND MIDNIGHT, THE HUNTERS WHO HAD BEEN SLEEPING
UPSTAIRS, HEARD THEIR DOG BEGIN TO HOWL. CHECKING
TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG, THEY WERE SHOCKED TO SEE A
COFFIN DRAPED WITH A SHEET, FLOATING AROUND THE FIRST
FLOOR. THE DOG WAS BARKING AT IT. SOON THE COFFIN
HEADED FOR THE DOG, HOVERED OVER IT, AND SUDDENLY
DRUSHED IT. THE DOG DIED INSTANTLY. THE MEN WERE
TERRORIZED. THE COFFIN THEN STARTED UP THE STAIRS
---BUMP, BUMP, BUMP.
THE HUNTERS FLED BACK TO THEIR ROOM ON THE SECOND
FLOOR. ONE HUNTER TRIED RUNNING PAST IT ON THE
STAIRS. THE COFFIN STOPPED, FOLLOWED HIM AND
CRUSHED HIM JUST AS HE WAS ABOUT TO RUN OUT THE DOOR.
THE SECOND HUNTER GRABBED HIS GUN AND FIRED AGAIN
AND AGAIN INTO THE COFFIN. HE TOO WAS CRUSHED.
THE THIRD HUNTER LOCKED HIMSELF IN HIS ROOM, BUT THE
COFFIN BROKE THE DOOR DOWN AND KEPT COMING. THE MAN
REACHED FOR HIS BAG AND THREW SHOES, CLOTHES, WHATEVER
HE COULD REACH AT THE COFFIN, BUT IT KEPT COMING.
SOON THERE WAS ONLY ONE JAR LEFT IN HIS BAG. HE HIT
THE COFFIN WITH IT, AND TO HIS SURPRISE, THE COFFIN
DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR. HE RETRIEVED THE JAR
AND READ THE LABEL;
AND READ THE LABEL:
VIX: IT STOPS ANY COUGHIN'.

Where learned: FRANKLIN SETTLEMENT CAMP

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale

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A GESTURE MEANING "PEACE" IS MADE BY LIFTING UP
YOUR ARM STRAIGHT, MAKING A FIST, AND EXTENDING
THE FOREFINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER IN THE SHAPE OF
A V.

Where learned: NEW YORK, ASSUMED ; FRANKLINVILLE

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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A DEROGATORY {OBSCENE} GESTURE IN AMERICA IS
MADE BY CLENCHING YOUR FIST AND UPLIFTING THE
MIDDLE FINGER TOWARD THE PERSON.

Where learned: NEW YORK, ASSUMED ; FRANKLINVILLE

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Derision Scorn

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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WHEN A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN DIES IN FRANKLINVILLE, NEW
YORK, A BLACK BANNER IS DRAPED ACROSS THE FRONT
WHEN A PERSON DIES IN THE VILLAGE OF FRANKLINVILLE,
FRIENDS AND RELATIVES DONATE BOOKS TO THE TOWN
OF THE FIRE HALL.

Where learned: NEW YORK, ASSUMED ; FRANKLINVILLE

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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Wishing

When eating Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, cut out the
wishbone carefully without breaking it. Let the bone dry
overnight so it will snap easily. When the bone is dry, two
people take ahold of opposite ends of the wishbone. Then you
count to three, "one, two, three, go..." and each person pulls on
the bone at the same time until the bone breaks. Whoever gets the
larger segment of the bone has their wish granted. To cheat place
your thumb on the bone which connects the two bones together and
you push forward while they pull. This snaps the bone below the
connecting piece, making the other person's bone shorter.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Frankenmuth

Subject headings: Favorites
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below.
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving
BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour
BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth
BELIEF -- Prayer
BELIEF -- Good luck

Date learned: 00-00-1976

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IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, YOU WILL COME INTO MONEY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet

Date learned: 07-05-1970

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