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GESTURE
TO TURN ONE'S NOSE UP. THIS HAS REFERENCES AS A SCORN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): SNOBBISH ; SNOOTY ; SNUB ; STUCK-UP
James Callow Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO CALL A PERSON TOWARD YOU, YOU WIGGLE YOUR FOREFINGER
TO{WARD} YOURSELF.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN COLOMBIA, FROM LIVING THERE.
Where learned: SOUTH AMERICA ; BOGOTA ; COLOMBIA
James Callow Keyword(s): COME HITHER GESTURE
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 06-12-1967
THERE IS A BRASILIAN GESTURE IN WHICH ONE TAKES HIS
RIGHT HAND AND THROWS IT OUT, THEN DOWN, AND THEN
BACK QUICKLY WHICH MEANS "COME HERE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
Keyword(s): BRAZIL ; SOUTH AMERICA
James Callow Keyword(s): COME HITHER GESTURE
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
WHAT TIME IS IT? FIVE O'CLOCK. HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT. I'VE BEEN
ASKING PEOPLE ALL DAY, WHAT TIME IT IS AND EVERYBODY TELLS ME
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): TIME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
QUESTION: THREE MERCHANTS AND THREE ROBBERS HAD TO CROSS A
LAKE. HOWEVER, ONLY ONE ROWBOAT WAS AVAILABLE AND IT COULD
SAFELY CARRY ONLY TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME. HOW COULD THEY ALL
MANAGE TO GET ACROSS SINCE ONE MERCHANT WAS AFRAID TO BE LEFT
ALONE WITH TWO ROBBERS? ANSWER: FIRST OF ALL TWO ROBBERS
CROSSED. ONE ROBBER THEN BROUGHT THE BOAT BACK AND ROWED ACROSS
THE THIRD ROBBER. AFTERWARDS HE RETURNED ONCE MORE AND
REMAINED ON SHORE. THEN TWO MERCHANTS GOT INTO THE BOAT AND
ROWWED ACROSS. ONE MERCHANT IN COMPANY WITH ONE ROBBER RETURNED
WITH THE BOAT. THE ROBBER GOT OUT OF THE BOAT AND THEN TWO
MERCHANTS ROWED ACROSS. AFTER THAT A ROBBER RETURNED TO GET THE
LAST ROBBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FITZGERALD PLAYGROUND ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CRIME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A POSTAGE STAMPAND A WOMAN?
ONE IS A MAIL FEE AND THE OTHER IS A FEMALE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WOMEN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A JEWELER AND A JAILER?
ONE SELLS WATCHES AND THE OTHER WATCHES CELLS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CRIME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-22-1968
RIDDLE
WHAT SMELLS MOST IN A FLOWER SHOP?
-- YOUR NOSE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB "TO SMELL."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
RIDDLE QUESTION
WHAT HAS TWO FEET ON EACH SIDE AND ONE IN THE MIDDLE?
-- A YARDSTICK!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): MEASURMENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
JOKE
"DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THERE (CEMETERY)
ARE DEAD?"
-- ALL OF THEM.
Submitter comment: TOLD WHILE PASSING A CEMETERY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS CAR
Keyword(s): DEAD DEATH CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
MR GREEN IS A BUTCHER. HE IS SIX FEET TALL AND WEARS A
SIZE TEN SHOE. WHAT DOES HE WEIGH?
-- MEAT
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE MEANING OF VERB "TO WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-00-1965
RIDDLE
A MAN IS IN HIS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND HE LOOKS OUT THE
WINDOW, TURNS AROUND AND SAYS "OH MY GOD, MY WIFE HAS
JUST BEEN KILLED." WHERE UPON THE ATTORNEY TAKES OUT A
GUN AND KILLS THE CLIENT. WHY DID THE ATORNEY KILL THE
CLIENT? TELLER IS ASKED QUESTIONS WHICH CAN BE ANSWERED
YES OR NO UNTIL THE STORY UNFOLDS.
-- THE ATTORNEY WAS JEALOUS OF THE CLIENT'S WIFE. THE
ATTORNEY WAS A WOMAN.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; HOME ; LOS ANGELES ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): WOMEN LAW ATTORNEY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
HOW FAR IN CAN YOU GO INTO A FOREST?
-- HALF WAY. THEN YOU START GOING OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): DISTANCE MEASURMENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
DOG RIDDLE
HOW FAR CAN A DOG WALK INTO THE WOODS?
-- HALF WAY, THE OTHER HALF HE IS WALKING OUT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): DISTANCE MEASURMENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-26-1968
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
RIDDLE
THERE IS A GIRL IN A BUTCHER SHOP IN CINCINNATI WHO IS
6 FEET 8 INCHES TALL, HAS A 42 INCH WAIST, AND WEARS
NUMBER 12 SHOES. WHAT DOES SHE WEIGH?
-- SHE WEIGHS MEAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB MEANING "TO WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE QUESTION
THERE WAS A BUTCHER IN CHICAGO THAT WAS 5 FEET 10 INCHES
TALL. HE HAD BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES. HE WORE A SIZE
16 SHIRT AND A SIZE 10 SHOE. WHAT DID HE WEIGHT?
-- MEAT - HE WAS THE BUTCHER.
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB MEANING "TO WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
RIDDLE
IF A BUTCHER IS 5 FEET 7 INCHES TALL AND WEARS A SIZE
10 SHOE, AND IS 34 INCHES AROUND THE WAIST, WHAT DOES
HE WEIGH?
-- MEAT
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB MEANING "TO WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
JOKE
"HOW FAR CAN A DOG RUN INTO THE WOODS?"
-- "HALF WAY, BECAUSE THE OTHER HALF HE'S RUNNING OUT
OF THE WOODS."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS OLDER BROTHER WHO IS A
SCHOOL TEACHER AND LEARNED IT WHEN HE WAS STILL STUDYING
EDUCATION.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): DISTANCE MEASURE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-02-1971