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Date learned: 11-00-1968

FINNISH RIDDLE

Q: WEEK AFTER WEEK, STOMACH FULL OF SPARROWS.
A: CHURCH AND CONGREGATION.
Q: VIIKON PAASTA VIIKON PAAHAN VARPUSIA VATSAN TYSI.
A: VASTAUS? KIRKKO JA KIRKKOVAKI.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND

Keyword(s): BUILDING (A) PERSONS ; PARTS OF THE BODY (Q) AND BIRDS

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Date learned: 10-00-1968

FINNISH RIDDLE

Q: THE MAD MAN CRIES, THE WISE MAN PULLS. HULLU HUUTAA, VIISAS VETAA.
A: A CHURCH BELL. - KIRKONKELLO

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND

Keyword(s): HARDWARE (A) ; METAPHORICAL ; PERSONS IN ACTION (Q)

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Date learned: 10-06-1968

FINNISH RIDDLE

Q: DRESSES THREE TIMES A DAY, BUT IS NUDE MOST OF THE TIME.
Q: KOMESTI PAIVASSA PAALLENSA PUKEE, ENIMMAT AJAT ALASTI SEISOO.
A: A TABLE - RUOKAPOYTA.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND

Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; CAUSAL ; FURNITURE (A) ; STATE OF BEING (Q)

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Date learned: 10-00-1968

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Q: WHITE BARN FULL OF COLORFUL CATTLE.
A: CHURCH AND CONGREGATION.
Q: VALKOINEN NAVETTA KIRJAVAA KARJAN TAYNNA.
A: VASTAUS? KIRKKO JA KIRKKOVAKI.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND

Keyword(s): BUILDING ; BUILDING AND ANIMALS (Q) ; BUILDING AND ANIMALS (Q)

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Date learned: 10-00-1968

FINNISH RIDDLE

Q: KUMU KULLATTU, SEINAT SELKEAT, VINAPUTELI KIRSTUSSA.
A: VASTAUS? KIRKKO TRANSLATION:
Q: GOLDEN DOME/ PLAIN WALLS/ BATTLE OF SPIRITS/ IN THE CASKET.
A: A CHURCH.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND

Keyword(s): BUILDING (A) ; METAPHORICAL ; PARTICULAR AREA (Q) CHURCH

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Date learned: 10-00-1968

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Q: FEETLESS RUNS, WINGLESS FLIES.
Q: JALOSTI JALOTOL JUOKSEE, SIIVITONNA LENTELEE.
A: AN ARROW
A: NUOLI.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND

Keyword(s): ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORT GOODS (A) ; INSECT (Q) ; PRIVATIONAL

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Date learned: 10-00-1968

FINNISH RIDDLE

Q: HUNDREDS OF HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS.
Q: THERE ARE WINDOWS IN OUR HOUSE.
Q: SATA SATTA, TUGAT TUGATTA ON MEIDAN KOKISSA IKKUNOITA.
A: A FISHING NET.
A: NUOTTA TAI VERKKO JA SEN SIMAT.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND

Keyword(s): BUILDING (Q) ; ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORT GOODS (A) ; NUMBERS (Q)

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Date learned: 10-00-1968

FINNISH TALE: THE FOX AND THE CROWFISH

ONCE UPON A TIME A FOX AND A CROWFISH WERE ON THE SHORE OF A
LAKE. THE FOX WAS WATCHING HOW THE CROWFISH WENT SLOWLY BACKWARDS
TO THE SEA. SO THE FOX LAUGHED AT THE CROWFISH AND SAID, "OH,
POOR YOU WHO HAVE TO WALK SO SLOWLY." BY THE SHORE THERE WAS A
SMALL HILL AND THE CROWFISH PROMISED TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE HILL
BEFORE THE FOX. THE FOX SAID, "YOU WANT TO BET?" SO THEY BET
AND SET THEMSELVES SIDE BY SIDE. THE CROWFISH SAID, "BY THE TIP
OF THE TAIL," AND SAID, "EVEN THOUGH I AM THIS FAR BEHIND YOU, I
WILL BEAT YOU." "WE'LL SEE," SAID THE FOX.
THE CROWFISH COUNTED ONE, TWO, THREE. THE FOX STARTED FAST. AT
THE MOMENT WHEN THE FOX STARTED, THE CROWFISH GRASPED THE TAIL OF
THE FOX. AND WHEN THE FOX WAS AT THE TOP OF THE HILL, HE TURNED
AROUND, THE CROWFISH LET GO AND APPEARED TO HAVE GONE FURTHER
THAN THE FOX AND SHOUTED TO THE FOX, "HERE I AM, WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING THERE FOR. I'VE ALREADY BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE WAITING
FOR YOU." SO THE CROWFISH WON HIS BET AND THE FOX WAS ASHAMED
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND

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AT27
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Tale

Date learned: 11-00-1968

FINNISH TALE: I REALLY DIDN'T WANT IT

IN THE SPRING THE FOX WAITED FOR THE TAIL OF THE COLT TO FALL OFF,
THE COLT WAS LAYING ON THE SAND AND THE TAIL WAS STRONG AT ITS
BASE AND FINE IN ITS TIP, AS IT IS WITH A COLT IN THE SPRING.
ALL DAY ONG THE FOX FOLLOWED THE COLT AND LAYED DOWN HIS PAWS
AND WAITED TILL THE TALE WOULD FALL OFF. THE FOX WAS VERY HUNGRY
AND THE OTHER FOXES WERE TEASING HIM: "YOU WILL HARDLY GET IT."
FINALLY IN THE EVENING, THE COLT LEFT FOR HOME AND TOOK HIS TAIL
WITH HIM. THE OTHER FOXES HECKLED THE FOX. "YOU DIDN'T GET IT."
THE FOX SAID, "I REALLY, DIDN'T WANT IT AFTER ALL."

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND

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Date learned: 11-00-1968

FINNISH TALE: THE NAMES OF THREE TREES

ONCE UPON A TIME, THE WOLF, THE FOX AND THE HARE MADE A BET ABOUT
WHICH OF THEM COULD SAY FASTEST THE NAMES OF THREE TREES. THE
WOLF SAID, "PINE, FIR, WHITE PINE." THE FOX SAID, "WILLOW, GREAT
SALLOW, JUNIPER." BUT THE HARE SAID, "ALDER, FIR, BIRCH" AND WON
THE BET.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND

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Date learned: 11-00-1968

FINNISH TALE: CAT, HARE, AND BEAR

ONCE UPON A TIME THE CAT AND HARE WENT HUNTING TOGETHER. WHILE
THEY WERE RESTING AT NIGHT THEY TALKED AND THEY WONDERED, "WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN TO US IF THE BEAR CAME AND ATE US?" THE CAT SAID,
"I WOULD DO ONLY ONE THING." THE HARE BOASTED, "I WOULD HAVE
A HUNDRED OR EVEN A THOUSAND IF THE BEAR WOULD COME."
SO AFTER A WHILE THE BEAR CAME AFTER THEM. THE CAT CLIMBED
THE TREE. THE BEAR DIDN'T FOLLOW BUT WENT AFTER THE HARE. FROM
THERE THE CAT WAS WATCHING THE BEAR CHASE THE HARE. THE BEAR
TRIED TO JUMP ON THE HARE AFTER EACH HOP, BUT THE BEAR JUMPED ON
AND CAUGHT THE HARE AND ATE HIM. SO THE CAT LAUGHED FROM THE
TREE, "SO IT GOES, HE HAD A HUNDRED WAYS, EVEN A THOUSAND, AND
WAS EATEN, HE WHO HAD ONE WAS SAVED."

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND

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Date learned: 11-00-1968

FINNISH TALE: THE ROOSTER, CAT, DOG, AND A PIG

ONCE UPON THE TIME THERE WAS A ROOSTER AND A CAT TOGETHER IN THE
YARD. THE AUTUMN COMES. THE CAT SAYS, "SHOULD WE BUILD A HOUSE?"
THE HEN SAYS, "WELL, WE COULD BUILD A SMALL ONE." SO THEY GATHER
ALL KINDS OF THRASHING AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY THEY GOT THEIR HOUSE
BUILT.
THE DOG COMES AND SAYS, "LET ME COME IN." "WE MIGHT AS WELL
BECAUSE YOU ARE SO SMALL," THEY SAY. AND THEY TAKE HIM IN.
THE PIG CAME AND SAYS, "LET ME COME IN." "WE MIGHT AS WELL
BECAUSE YOU ARE SO SMALL," THEY SAY. THE PIG SAYS, "I'M AFRAID
OF COLD AND I WILL HEAT UP YOUR HOUSE." AND THEY LET HIM IN.
THE NIGHT COMES. WOLVES ARE RUNNING IN THE FORESTS AND TRY TO
GET INTO THE HOUSE. THE HEN AND THE CAT ARE AFRAID. THE PIG
SAYS, "DON'T BE AFRAID, WAIT TILL THEY SEE ME." ONE WOLF GOES,
LISTENS IN THE YARD AND TELLS TO THE OTHERS, "OH, WHAT AN
AWFUL THING THERE IS IN THE BACK OF THE FIREPLACE." THE PIG
SAYS, "NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT." THE
WOLVES FLED. THEY FLED AND FLED AND THUS LEFT THE HOUSE
UNDISTURBED AND THE ROOSTER, CAT, DOG, AND PIG WERE NOT EATEN.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND

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Date learned: 11-00-1968

FINNISH TALE: FROST, HARE AND FOX

THE FROST, THE HARE, AND THE FOX BEGAN A COMPETITION ABOUT
WHICH ONE WOULD SUFFER THE MOST. THE FROST BIT AS HARD AS
HE COULD. THE HARE HOPPED AROUND AND LAID HIMSELF ON THE
SNOW IN PAIN AND SAID, "OH, OH, HOW HOT IT IS." THE FOX
THOUGHT, "WHAT WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE THE HARE IS SO CLOSE TO
DEATH." SO THE FROST COULDN'T BITE ANY MORE AND HAD TO GIVE
UP.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND

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Date learned: 11-00-1968

FINNISH TALE: THE HARE AND THE FROST

THE FROST SAYS, "WHEN I MAKE IT COLD, YOU WILL FREEZE." THE
HARE SAYS, "I WON'T FREEZE, NO MATTER HOW COLD YOU MAKE IT."
SO THEY GOT INTO COMPETITION. THE FROST MADE IT COLD AND THE
HARE STARTED TO RUN HARD AND RAN BACK AND FORTH FOR SO LONG
TILL HE BEGAN TO FREEZE IN THE HANDS OF THE FROST. HE LAID
HIMSELF ON THE SNOW AND BEGAN TO GET NUMB AND SAID, "OH, HOW
COLD I AM." HIS FEET KICKED IN A STRUGGLE AGAINST DEATH. THE
FROST SAID, "THERE IS NOTHING MORE I HAVE TO DO BECAUSE HE IS
ALREADY DYING." SO THE FROST BECAME SORRY FOR THE HARE AND
SUDDENLY THE RAIN CAME. THE NUMBNESS WENT AWAY. BECAUSE OF
THAT, THE HARE STARTED TO LAUGH SO HARD THAT HIS MOUTH SPLIT.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND

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Date learned: 11-00-1968