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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 |
RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK AND BLUE AND GOES DING-DONG?
A BEAT UP AVON LADY RINGING THE DOORBELL.
Data entry tech comment: AVON LADIES SELL COSMETICS DIRECTLY TO HOMES.
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COLOR ; COMMERCIAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1965
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
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
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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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
CONJURATION
IF A BABY HAS BEEN FRIGHTENED BY SOMEONE OR
SOMETHING AND IT CRIES OUT DURING IT'S SLEEP,
YOU TAKE TWO STRAWS FROM A BROOM AND FORM THEM INTO
A CROSS. THEN YOU TAKE AND MELT WAX FROM A BLESSED CANDLE,
NEXT YOU MAKE SURE THE BABY IS COVERED, HOLD A PAN
OR CONTAINER OVER THE BABY'S HEAD WITH THE
CROSS OVER IT AND THEN POUR THE HOT WAX OVER THE CROSS.
A FIGURE OF WHATEVER FRIGHTENED THE BABY WILL FORM
ON THE CROSS FROM THE WAX. AFTER THIS IS DONE THE BABY
WILL NO LONGER BE FRIGHTENED. THE ABOVE IS REFERRED
TO AS OKADZICH.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
BABY'S RASH
IF YOU PLACE A RED RIBBON UNDER A BABY'S PILLOW
THE BABY WILL NEVER BE BOTHERED WITH A RASH OR SKIN DISEASE.
Submitter comment:
PAT HEARD THIS SHORTLY AFTER SHE WAS MARRIED(APPR. 1954) FROM
A WOMAN WHOSE NAME SHE COULD NOT REMEMBER.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-09-1964
THAI SAYING
THREE DAYS FROM " NOREE " THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER (IMPLICATION OF THE FICKLE NATURE OF WOMEN).
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD (BREAD) METAPHOR ; METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-20-1965
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
THE HAMMER DOESN'T LAST AS LONG
AS THE ANVIL.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): TOOL METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
MORAL PROVERB
THE HANDLE HAS LOST ITS AX.
Submitter comment:
(E.G., SOMEONE WHO IS SMART IN PHYSICS WHEN HE HAS
HIS BOOKS BUT IS DUMB WHEN HE DOESN'T HAVE
HIS PHYSICS BOOK HAS LOST HIS AX)
(TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN)
Data entry tech comment: LITHUANIAN PHRASE DENOTING MORAL PROVERB
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): TOOLS METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
THE HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS EXPRESSION USED
AT A CARNIVAL IN 1928.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
THE HAND OF GOD IS NEARER THAN THE DOOR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
THE HAPPY WIFE
HAPPY WIFE HAPPY HOME
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT BY A POLISH WOMAN.
THE WOMAN LEARNED IT IN SCHOOL.
Data entry tech comment: LINES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY THE KEY PUNCHER
Where learned: HENDRICKSONS PHARMACY ; DETROIT ; ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ELLIPSIS ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-25-1970
HARDER TO BEND A TREE WHEN THE TRUNK IS BIG AND OLD
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY INFORMANT
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; OLD AGE? ; PLANT METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
HAVE YOUR MIND IN GEAR BEFORE YOU PUT YOUR MOUTH IN MOTION
Data entry tech comment: THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU SPEAK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): AUTOMOTIVE METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
FORMULA SPEECH
IN REFERRING TO A POWERFUL BLOW: A HAYMAKER
Where learned: SCHOOL APARTMENT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
A HEAD THAT DOES NOT THINK, BECOMES BALD
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-11-1967