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PROVERB
COME RIDDLE ME, RIDDLE ME,
RIDDLE ME.
NONE ARE SO BLIND
AS THEY THAT WONT SEE.'
Submitter comment: ORIGIN? GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARADOX ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.600 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
RIDDLE TO IDENTIFY CORAL SNAKE
YELLOW ON RED, DO NOT DREAD.
BLACK ON YELLOW, KILLA FELLA.
Submitter comment: AS TOLD BY MY SEVENTH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; EDGEFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
TO REMEMBER THE ORDER OF THE PLANETS SAY:
"MARY'S VELVET EYES MAKE JOHN STAY UP NIGHTS PLENTY."
E E A A U A R E L
R N R R P T A P U
C U T S I U N T T
U S H T R I U O
R E N U N
Y R S E
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle |
Date learned: 10-00-1973
8 x 8 = 64
8 AND 8 FELL ON THE FLOOR,
PICKED THEM UP AND IT WAS 64.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle |
WHEN MULTIPLYING BY FIVE, THE MULTIPLITICIAN WILL END IN
ZERO OR FIVE.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle |
Date learned: 10-21-1973
WHEN REMEMBERING THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE MONTH, MAKE A FIST;
EACH KNUCKLE REPRESENTS A MONTH THAT HAS THIRTY-ONE DAYS AND
EACH SPACE BETWEEN THE KNUCKLE REPRESENTS A MONTH THAT HAS
THIRTY DAYS AND TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS (FOR FEBRUARY).
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle |
Date learned: 10-21-1973
TO SPELL GEOGRAPHY:
GEORGE ELLIOT'S OLD GRANDMOTHER ROAD A PIG HOME YESTERDAY.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle |
Date learned: 11-11-1973
WHEN TWO VOWELS WALK HAND IN HAND, THE FIRST ONE SPEAKS ITS
NAME WHILE THE OTHER IS SILENT.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle |
IN 1492
COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle |
Date learned: 10-21-1973
TO HEAR YOU MUST USE YOUR EAR.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle |
CAPITOL HAS A DOME IN IT.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle |
Date learned: 11-09-1973
TO REMEMBER THE COLOR SPECTRUM: RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN,
BLUE, INDIGO, VIOLET:: ROY G. BIV.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle |
Date learned: 10-21-1973
THE SPACES ON THE MUSIC STAFF SPELL FACE, "F.A.C.E.".
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle |
TO REMEMBER THE LINE NAMES OF THE MUSIC STAFF SAY, "EVERY
GOOD BOY DOES FINE."
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle |
Date learned: 10-21-1973
TO REMEMBER THE SEQUENCE OF "I" AND "E" WHEN SPELLING A WORD
SAY, "I BEFORE E ECXEPT AFTER C."
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle |
Date learned: 10-21-1973
REMEMBERING THE DAYS OF THE MONTHS SAY:
THIRTY DAYS HAS SEPTEMBER,
APRIL, JUNE, AND NOVEMBER;
ALL THE REST HAS (HAVE) THIRTY-ONE
EXCEPT FEBRUARY WHO COULD NOT WAIT
AND IT JUST HAS TWENTY-EIGHT.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle |
Date learned: 10-21-1973