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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
MORTIMER
MORTIMER WHO?
MORTIMER PITIED THAN SCORNED.

Where learned: UNKNOWN

Keyword(s): NAME

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: UNKNOWN

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
AGATHA
AGATHA WHO?
AGATHA FEELING YOU'RE FOOLIN'.

Where learned: UNKNOWN

Keyword(s): NAME

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-24-1967

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
GRETTA
GRETTA WHO?
GRETTA LONG LITTLE DOGGIE-GRETTA LONG

Submitter comment: GEORGETOWN U. FROM FRIENDS

Where learned: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Keyword(s): COWBOY SONG ; NAME ; TITLE OR LINE FROM SONG: GET ALONG LITTLE DOGGIES

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-25-1967

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
HOFFMAN
HOFFMAN WHO?
I'LL HOFFMAN I'LL PUFF AND I'LL BLOW YER HOUSE IN

Submitter comment: GEORGETOWN U. FROM FRIENDS

Where learned: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Keyword(s): NAME ; THREE LITTLE PIGS

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-25-1967

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
CHESTER
CHESTER WHO?
CHESTER SONG AT TWILIGHT

Where learned: UNKNOWN

Keyword(s): NAME ; SONG: JUST A SONG AT TWILIGHT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-24-1967

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
MORRIS
MORRIS WHO?
MORRIS SATURDAY-NEXT DAY IS SUNDAY.

Where learned: UNKNOWN

Keyword(s): NAME ; TOMORROW

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-24-1967

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
ARGO
ARGO WHO?
ARGO CHASE YOURSELF.

Where learned: UNKNOWN

Keyword(s): NAME

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula
RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-24-1967

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ITALIAN JOKE

HOW DO ITALIAN CARS SOUND?
DEY GO AND DEY-GO...WHEN THEY GET A FLAT THEY GO WOP-WOP-WOP

Submitter comment:

HEARD THIS IN DORMITORY

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; SLANG NAME

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Blason Populaire
RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-07-1967

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THE JOLLY GREEN GIANT

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE TWO HOUR BEN CASY SPECIAL?
THEY ARE GOING TO CIRCUMCISE THE JOLLY GREEN GIANT.

Where learned: UNKNOWN

Keyword(s): BRAND-NAME TELEVISION ; FICTIONAL PERSON

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: UNKNOWN

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FIT FOR A KING

WHAT KING DO TWO FULL GLASSES AND AN EMPTY ONE REMIND YOU OF?
KING PHILUP THE THIRD.

Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS RIDDLE FROM "BABE" KOZLOWSKI WHEN I WAS ABOUT
10 YEARS OLD( C 1935 ). "BABE" WAS THE SON OF THE LADY FROM
WHOM MY PARENTS BOUGHT A HOME

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): PHILIP PERSONAL NAME ; PUN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 05-00-1965

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
DUKE
DUKE WHO?
DUKE THE BELLS A RINGING FOR HOLLY

Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; KEATING SCHOOL

Keyword(s): DECK THE HALLS WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY (?) ; NAME

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-28-1967

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
DWAYNE
DWAYNE WHO?
D'WAIN THE BATHTUB. I'M DROWNING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE

Keyword(s): NAME

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 03-10-1967

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RIDDLE

WHAT IS THE GREATEST BUS IN THE WORLD?
COLUMBUS

Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): HISTORICAL ; NAME HISTORICAL FIGURE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

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RIDDLE

WHAT DO GHOSTS EAT FOR BREAKFAST?
GHOST TOASTIES

Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): BRAND NAME ; PUN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-18-1965

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RIDDLE

WHY DID THE MAN THROW HIS PANTS OUT THE WINDOW?
BECAUSE A MAN WAS YELLING, "FREE PRESS"

Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): NEWSPAPER NAME ; PUN ON PRESS

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-15-1965

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RIDDLE

WHY DID THE MAN THROW HIS PANTS OUT THE WINDOW?
HE HEARD A BOY CALLING FREE PRESS

Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): NEWSPAPER NAME

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 09-20-1965

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MORON JOKE

WHY DID THE MORON THROW HIS PANTS OUT OF THE WINDOW?
HE HEARD SOMEONE YELLING, FREE PRESS

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Keyword(s): NEWSPAPER NAME ; PUN

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
HIAWATHA
HIAWATHA WHO?
HIAWATHA A GOOD GIRL BEFORE I MET YOU. ( I WAS A )

Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS JOKE AT BRIDGE GAME

Where learned: OHIO ; WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE

Keyword(s): HISTORICAL ; NAME

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 10-07-1967

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A POLISH PROVERB

HE MADE OUT LIKE MR. ZABTOCKI ON HIS SOAP.
IVYSZEAT JAK ZABTOCKI NA MYDLE.

Submitter comment: THIS IS USED WHEN ONE TAKES UP A PROJECT HE KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT AND
IT FALLS THROUGH. MR. ZABTOCKI HAD GONE INTO THE SOAP BUSINESS BUT KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT IT ,HE LOST OUT.
MY MOTHER KNOWS THIS PROVERB AND STORY FROM POLAND.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

Keyword(s): PERSONAL NAME ; POLISH PERSONAL PROVERB

Subject headings: Favorites
PROVERB -- Blason Populaire
PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 11-25-1967

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CASE OF EVIL EYE CAUSING DEATH

AFTER COMING TO THIS COUNTRY, THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER
LOST A BABY GIRL NAMED CATHERINE BECAUSE SOME FRIEND OF THEIRS
(A MAN) PRAISED THE LITTLE BABY AND IT CAME UNDER A SPELL.
THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYONE IN THE U.S. WHO COULD BREAK THE SPELL
(THERE WERE PEOPLE GOOD AT THIS IN THE OLD COUNTRY).
THE BABY JUST WANED AWAY AND DIED. AND IN LATER YEARS
WHEN ANOTHER RELATIVE WAS GIVEN THE NAME OF CATHERINE SHE GOT
BAD LUCK TO GO WITH IT FROM THE OLD SPELL
AND THAT IS WHY SHE NEVER HAS ANY DATES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ATTACHED TO NAME

Subject headings: Favorites
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 10-26-1969

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