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RIDDLE
WHAT ANIMAL HAS EYES THAT CANNOT SEE, LEGS THAT CANNOT
MOVE, BUT CAN JUMP AS HIGH AS THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING?
-- A WOODEN HORSE (THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING CAN'T JUMP)
Keyword(s): WOOD INANIMATE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-29-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT WAS THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD BEFORE
AUSTRALIA WAS DISCOVERED?
-- AUSTRALIA
Keyword(s): GEOGRAPHY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
RIDDLE
FOUR MEN FELL INTO THE WATER, BUT ONLY THREE OF THEM GOT
THEIR HAIR WET. WHY?
-- ONE OF THEM WAS BALD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-04-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO CARRY WATER IN A SIEVE?
-- FREEZE THE WATER.
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT TIME IS IT IF FOUR MEN ARE SHOVELING SNOW AND
A POLICEMAN IS WATCHING?
-- WINTER TIME.
Keyword(s): SEASON
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAN WHO LOVES OTHER MEN?
-- A CHRISTIAN
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-04-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAN WHO MARRIES ANOTHER MAN?
-- A MINISTER
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-04-1970
RIDDLE
WHICH CANDLES BURN THE LONGER: WAX CANDLES OR TALLOW CANDLES?
-- NEITHER, THEY BOTH BURN SHORTER.
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-23-1968
RIDDLE
APRIL FLOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS. WHAT DO MAY FLOWERS BRING?
-- PILGRIMS.
Keyword(s): HISTORY SPRING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
RIDDLE
THE MAN WHO MAKES IT DOESN'T USE IT;
THE MAN WHO BUYS IT DOESN'T NEED IT;
THE MAN WHO USES IT DOESN'T KNOW IT;
WHAT IS IT?
-- A COFFIN
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED FROM MY SISTER, A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL
WHO HEARD IT FROM A STUDENT IN HER STUDY HALL.
Keyword(s): DEATH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-24-1967
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM FIXED DATE
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, EACH CHILD IN THE FAMILY WOULD KNEEL
AND RECITE THE ACTS OF FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY, AND CONTRITION
TO REMIND THE CHILDREN HOW UNWORTHY THEY WERE TO RECEIVE
THE GIFTS FROM SANTA. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY WERE
OFFERING THESE PRAYERS IN THANKSGIVING FOR THE THINGS THEY
WOULD BE RECEIVING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME ; 19305 GALLAGHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
DEATH
IF YOU HEAR A KNOCK AT THE DOOR OR WINDOW
AND NO ONE IS THERE, OR YOU HEAR A LARGE
CRACKING SOUND WHEN ALL IS QUIET, THEN DEATH
WILL SOON COME TO A PERSON LIVING IN THAT HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 8160 LANTZ ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
DRESS BELIEF
IF YOU PUT YOUR DRESS ON INSIDE OUT YOU'LL GET
A SURPRISE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 8160 LANTZ ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT IS IT THAT IS ALWAYS COMING, BUT NEVER ARRIVES?
-- TOMORROW. WHEN IT ARRIVES, IT IS TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): FUTURE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
WHAT IS MORE USEFUL AFTER IT HAS BROKEN?
-- AN EGG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
WHAT BUILDING HAS THE MOST STORIES?
-- THE LIBRARY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): STOREY STORY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
WHAT TWO WORDS HAVE THE MOST LETTERS IN THEM?
-- POST OFFICE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): SIZE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
SHERLOCK HOLMES RIDDLE
JOHN AND MARY WERE IN A SEALED ROOM DEAD. WHEN YOU
WALK INTO THE ROOM YOU SEE A PUDDLE OF WATER, BROKEN
GLASS AND A CAT. WHO KILLED JOHN AND MARY?
-- THE CAT, JOHN AND MARY WERE GOLDFISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): FISH CAT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
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ELEVATOR TALE
THERE WAS A MAN WHOSE APARTMENT WAS ON THE TENTH FLOOR.
EACH MORNING HE TOOK THE ELEVATOR DOWN TO THE MAIN FLOOR
BUT EACH NIGHT AFTER WORK HE WENT UP ONLY AS FAR AS THE
SIXTH FLOOR. HE GOT OFF THE ELEVATOR AND CLIMBED THE
REMAINING FLOORS.
WHY DIDN'T HE TAKE THE ELEVATOR ALL THE WAY TO THE TENTH
FLOOR AT NIGHT? THE TELLER IS ASKED QUESTIONS THAT CAN
BE ANSWERED "YES" OR "NO" UNTIL THE STORY UNFOLDS.
-- THE MAN IS A MIDGET AND CAN'T REACH THE TENTH BUTTON.
Submitter comment:
FIRST HEARD IN 1952 AND FREQUENTLY EVER SINCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): ELEVATOR LIFT MIDGET
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1952
RIDDLE
WHAT DO ALL SHIPS WEIGH, REGARDLESS OF SIZE?
-- ANCHORS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE MEANING OF VERB "WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000