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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Riddle
WHY DID THE BOY PUT HIS CAR IN THE OVEN?
HE WANTED A HOT ROD.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Boy ; Car ; Hot Rod ; JOKE ; Oven ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; RIDDLE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
Riddle
WHAT'S WHITE ON THE OUTSIDE AND GREEN ON THE INSIDE AND
IT HOPS?
A FROG SANDWICH
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COLOR ; FROG ; Green ; Hop ; JOKE ; Jump ; RIDDLE ; Sandwich ; White
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
WHY DO BIRDS FLY SOUTH?
BECAUSE IT'S TOO FAR TO WALK.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BIRDS ; Fly ; JOKE ; RIDDLE ; South ; Walk
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
Riddle
WHAT DID THE DOG SAY WHEN HE SAT ON THE SANDPAPER?
RUFF, RUFF (ROUGH, ROUGH).
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): JOKE ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; RIDDLE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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Riddle
Flour of England, Fruit of Spain-
Met together in a shower of rain.
Put in a bag and tied round with a string-
If you'll tell me this riddle
I'll give you a ring.
Answer: Plum Pudding
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Normandy
Keyword(s): England ; Language ; Plum Pudding ; RHYME ; RIDDLE ; Spain
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Riddle
Long legs, crooked thighs, little head and no eyes.
Answer: Tongs
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Keyword(s): BODY PARTS ; PUZZLE ; RHYME ; RIDDLE ; Tongs ; UTENSILS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Riddle
Black we are, but much admired
Men seek for us until they are tired.
We tire the horse, but comfort man
Tell me this riddle, if you can!
Answer: Coal
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Keyword(s): COAL ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Joke - Riddle
What's big and purple and travels under water?
Answer: Moby Grape
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): GAME ; Grape ; JOKE ; Melville ; Moby Dick ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Joke - Riddle
Whats green and sings?
Answer: Elvis Parsley
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Keyword(s): Elvis Presley ; Herb ; JOKE ; Parsley ; PLAY ON WORDS ; Pub ; RIDDLE ; Saying
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Riddle - Question
If you had oly one match, and enered a room in which there was a kerosene lamp, an oil heater, and a wood burning stove, which would you light first?
Answer: The match
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Keyword(s): GAME ; RIDDLE ; Trick Question
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Riddle - Question
If you went to bed at 8 o'clock at night and set the alarm to get up at 9 in the morning, how many hours of sleep would this permit you to have?
Answer: One.
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Keyword(s): Alarm ; QUESTION ; RIDDLE ; TIME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Riddle - Question
A farmer had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many were left?
Answer: Nine.
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Keyword(s): RIDDLE ; SHEEP ; Trick Question
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Riddle - Question
Some months have thirty days some have thirty one. HOw many months have twenty eight?
Answer: all of them.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CALENDAR ; Dates ; Month ; PUZZLE ; RIDDLE ; Trick Question
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Riddle - Question
How many animals of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
Answer: Moses didn't build the ark, Noah did.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; Ark ; Moses ; Noah ; QUESTION ; RELIGION ; RIDDLE ; Trick Question
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
WHEN CROSSING A BRIDGE OVER WATER HOLD YOUR BREATH AND
PICK UP YOUR FEET OR YOU LOSE YOUR BOYFRIEND.
Submitter comment:
ACQUIRED IN TAMPA, FLORIDA WHILE SHE WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
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Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Boyfriend ; BREATH ; Bridge ; FEET ; Girlfriend ; Relationship ; SUPERSTITION ; WATER
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION ; POSITION
Date learned: 08-02-1969
DOES X EQUAL Y
GIVEN X=Y? ADD 2
X+2=X+2
X**2+4X+4=Y**2+4Y+4 SQUARE BOTH SIDE
X**2-Y**2=4Y-4X REARRANGE TERMS
(X-Y)(X+Y)=-4(X-Y) FACTOR
(X-Y)(X+Y)/(X-Y)=-4(X-Y)/(X-Y) DIVIDE BOTH SIDES
X+T=-4; X=-4-Y; THEREFORE X DOESN'T EQUAL Y
Submitter comment:
HE LEARNED THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Math ; MATHEMATICS ; PUZZLE ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-31-1967
PUZZLE
T K H A Y E S T L E V E S O O R
Y E L N I K C M O T M O N R O E
L N I X O N B U N T R O S T E T
E N S M A D A U N O S J C A J R
R E A T Y L E R C N P I E R C U
C D G O O E S T H H R S T E O M
L Y R C U I O O U N A E N W O A
E T A N O F J R S T P N H O L N
V A N B U R E N K L O P A H I T
E A T X T A F T A S L I R N D Z
L E L Y T G F O I N I E D E G N
A O H O O V E R X X N R I S E O
N A R T H U T Z U C C C N I E S
D I X O N A S Y T R O E G E O L
D O G A H O O F I L L M O R E I
M A D I S O N O T G N I H S A W
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Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PRESIDENTS ; PUZZLE ; RIDDLE ; United States
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
ANIMAL RIDDLE
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A PARROT WITH A MOUNTIAN
LION?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT WHEN IT TALKS YOU BETTER LISTEN.
Submitter comment:
LARRY HEARD IT FROM HERMAN CARDUCCI VTR EDITOR, U OF D TELEVISION
STATION.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; CAR
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; JOKE ; PUZZLE ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-16-1967