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RIDDLE
Q: TWO ENDS, TWO RINGS WITH A NAIL IN THE MIDDLE.
A: SCISSORS.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HARDWARE (Q) ; NOTION ITEMS ; NUMBERS AND MEASUREMENTS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
MIZSLE - LITHUANIAN RIDDLE
Q: MAZA MOTERELE VISAZ PASAULIZ APRENGIA. - A SMALL WOMAN DRESSES
THE WHOLE WORLD.
A: A NEEDLE. - ADATA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; METAPHORICAL ; NOTION ITEMS (A) ; PERSONS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT ALWAYS HAS AN EYE OPEN, BUT NEVER SEES A THING?
A: A NEEDLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; CAUSAL ; NOTION ITEMS (A) ; PARTS OF THE BODY (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
RIDDLE
Q: NAKED ITSELF YET IT DRESSES OTHERS.
A: A NEEDLE.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; ANTITHETICAL ; NOTION ITEMS (A) ; STATES OF BEING (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
RIDDLE
WHAT HAS AN EYE BUT CANNOT SEE?
A: A NEEDLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; NOTION ITEMS (A) ; PARTS OF THE BODY (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 09-30-1967
MIZSLE - LITHUANIAN RIDDLE
Q: KAS LEKIA BE SPARUZ? - WHAT FLYS WITHOUT WINGS?
A: VIJAS - THE WIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; NATURAL PHENOMENA (A) ; PRIVATIONAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT CAN RUN BUT CANNOT WALK?
A: WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; NATURAL PHENOMENA (A) ; PRIVATIONAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
Q: THERE ARE FOUR BROTHERS IN THE WORLD. THE FIRST RUNS BUT NEVER
GETS TIRED. THE SECOND EATS BUT NEVER GETS SATISFIED. THE THIRD
DRINKS BUT NEVER GETS FULL. THE FOURTH SINGS BUT HIS SONG IS NOT
PLEASANT TO THE EAR. WHO ARE THE BROTHERS?
A: WATER, FIRE, THE EARTH AND THE WIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; NATURAL ; PARTICULAR AREA (Q) ; PERSONS (Q)
James Callow Keyword(s): ELEMENTS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
RIDDLE
Q: THE GODS GO BOWLING, THE GODDESSES DO THEIR LAUNDRY, AND THEIR
OFFSPRINGS TURN THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF.
A: A THUNDERSTORM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; NATURAL ; PERSONS (Q) GODS AND GODDESSES
James Callow Keyword(s): LIGHTENING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
WHEN MY GRANDFATHER WANTED THE HIGHEST CARD IN A CUT,
HE WOULD KNOCK ON THE DECK OF CARDS THREE TIMES.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CARDS ; CUSTOM ; Cut ; GAMES ; Knock ; LUCK ; NUMBER ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
MY GRANDFATHER, BEFORE GETTING INTO HIS CAR, WOULD
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; BELIEF ; BLESSING ; Car ; Cross ; CUSTOM ; RELIGION ; SUPERSTITION
Date learned: 10-23-1970
WISH FOR OLD AGE
MAY ALLAH MAKE YOUR BEARD GROW LONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; OFFICE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-08-1970
JUMP ROPE RHYME
JOE, JOE BROKE HIS TOE
ON HIS WAY TO MEXICO,
ON HIS WAY BACK, HE BROKE HIS BACK
SLIDING DOWN THE RAILROAD TRACK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS RHYME FROM HIS DAD AND HIS SISTERS WOULD SAY IT WHILE JUMPING ROPE TOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 8682 SMART ; informant's home
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-22-1971
UKRAINIAN CUSTOM
CHRISTMAS EVE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CHRISTMAS. A SPECIAL DINNER
WOULD TAKE PLACE ON CHRISTMAS EVE CONSISTING OF SPECIAL FOODS
LIKE PANCAKES, MUCHROOMS (MUSHROOMS), POPPY SEEDS AND OTHER
REGIONAL FOODS. ONE CANDLE WAS LIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TABLE.
THERE WAS NO MEAT OF ANY FORM SERVED ON THIS DAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS AN UKRAINIAN-AMERICAN WHO PRACTICED THIS CUSTOM
DURING HER CHILDHOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 2810 ADLAKE DR ; PONTIAC ; Kane, Helen
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday ; Ukraine ; Vegetarian
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Lights and candles |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
SUPERSTITION CONCERNING MARRIAGE
IF YOU MARRY WITH THE HANDS ON THE CLOCK GOING DOWN,
THE MARRIAGE WON'T LAST.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER WORKED WITH THIS WOMAN, AND SHE WROTE DOWN
THIS SUPERSTITION FOR MY COLLECTION. MRS. HAIRSTON
LEARNED IF FROM HER MOTHER AND HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-00-1967
SIGN TO BE LEFT IN ANGER
THANKS FOR TAKING TWO PARKING SPACES. I HAD TO PARK
IN THE NEXT BLOCK, YOU SELFISH, IDIOTIC MORON!!
YOU HAVE VIOLATED SECTION 368 D.A.M.I.T.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACRONYM ; ANGER ; Note ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; SIGN
James Callow Keyword(s): ABBREVIATION ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Language: Rhyme
Nonsense Rhyme:
Of all the fishies in the brook,
I'd rather be a bass.
I'd climb up on the biggest rock
And slide down on my hands and knees.
Submitter comment:
Undetermined Origin
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C730] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; Carter, LP
Keyword(s): Brook ; FISH ; Fishies ; Hands ; Knees ; Language ; NONSENSE ; RHYME ; Rock ; Slide
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
SUPERSTITION CONCERNING GROWTH OF HAIR
IF YOU FLUSH HAIR DOWN THE TOILET, IT MEANS YOUR
HAIR WILL GROW.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER COLLECTED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM A WOMAN WITH
WHOM SHE WORKED. MRS. HAIRSTON LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER AND
GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-00-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
MONEY BELIEF
MY MOTHER ALWAYS GIVES A NEW-BORN BABY SILVER MONEY SO THAT IT
WILL NEVER BE IN NEED. THIS ONLY HAPPENS THE FIRST TIME SHE SEES
THE BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
Date learned: 11-00-1982