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RIDDLE
Q: WHAT GETS BIGGER AS YOU TAKE MORE AWAY FROM IT?
A: A HOLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; CAUSAL OPPOSITIONAL ; PARTICULAR AREAS (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
TRUE RIDDLE
Q: THE MORE YOU PUT INTO IT, THE SMALLER IT GETS. THE MORE YOU TAKE
AWAY FROM IT, THE BIGGER IT GETS. WHAT IS IT?
A: A HOLE IN THE GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; CAUSAL OPPOSITIONAL ; PARTICULAR AREAS (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-25-1970
RIDDLE
Q: THEY HEAR EVERYTHING, BUT TELL IT TO NO ONE.
A: EARS.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; CAUSAL OPPOSITIONAL ; PARTS OF THE BODY (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
MIZSLE - LITHUANIAN RIDDLE
Q: DVIEM PUPOM VISAZ LAUKAZ APSEJA. - TWO SEEDS, SOW A WHOLE FIELD.
A: AKIMIS - WITH YOUR EYES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CAUSAL ; NATURAL PHENOMENA (Q) ; PARTS OF THE BODY (A)
James Callow Keyword(s): IMAGINATION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 03-06-1968
RIDDLE
Q: THOUGH THEY ARE EASILY CARRIED, THEY CAN NEVER BE COUNTED.
A: HAIR.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; CAUSAL OPPOSITIONAL ; PARTS OF THE BODY (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
SAYING (RIDDLE)
Q: NO MATTER HOW SMART YOU ARE, WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU ALWAYS
OVERLOOK?
A: YOUR NOSE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; CAUSAL OPPOSITIONAL ; PARTS OF THE BODY (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
TRUE RIDDLE
Q: WHAT GOES ALL OVER THE HOUSE BUT NEVER TOUCHES ANYTHING?
A: YOUR VOICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; CAUSAL OPPOSITIONAL ; PARTS OF THE BODY (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-02-1970
RIDDLE
Q: I AM SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS INCREASES, THE MORE I AM SHARED WITH
OTHERS. WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM?
A: HAPPINESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; CAUSAL ; PERSONS (Q) ; STATES OF BEING (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MIZSLE - LITHUANIAN RIDDLE
Q: DU DIEGA, DU VEJA. - TWO RUN, TWO FOLLOW.
A: RATAI - WHEELS ON A WAGON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; CAUSAL ; NUMBERS (Q) ; TRANSPORTATION (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
CLERGY RIDDLE
Q: TELL ME IF YOU CAN/ WHO IS THE HIGHLY FAVORED MAN/ THAT HAS
MARRIED MANY A WIFE/ BUT IS SINGLE ALL HIS LIFE.
A: A PRIEST.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; CAUSAL OPPOSITIONAL ; PERSONS (A) ; PERSONS (Q)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
RIDDLE
Q: THEY HAVE TONGUES, BUT THEY DO NOT TALK./ YOU TIE THEM UP WHEN
YOU GO FOR A WALK./ WHAT ARE THEY?
A: SHOES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; CAUSAL ; CLOTHES (A) ; PARTS OF THE BODY (Q)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
OH SUZANNAH
CHORUS: OH, TRI SIGMA, OH HOW WE HONOR THEE,
FOR I'M JUST A LITTLE PLEDGE WITH
A PLEDGE PIN PINNED ON ME.
WITH SPIRIT AND WITH FORTITUDE
THESE SEVEN WEEKS WE TRY,
TO LEARN TO BE THE KIND OF GIRL
THAT RATES WITH SIGMA TRI.
CHORUS
AS PLEDGES WE WILL DO OUR BEST
TO TRY TO SATISFY.
IN HOPES THE BONDS OF SISTERHOOD
WILL HOLD US TILL WE DIE
CHORUS
SONG OF SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA
BETA TAU CHAPTER
Data entry tech comment: WILL WE HOLD US...
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OLD SUSANNAH ; SORORITY SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Admiration Praise Adulation Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
RIDDLE
WHAT HAS FIVE LETTERS BUT WHEN YOU TAKE TWO AWAY HAS ONE?
STONE
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS IN DORMITORY
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): OPPOSITIONAL: CAUSAL CONTRADICTIVE ; SPELLING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT IS ALWAYS UNDER SHELTER BUT ALWAYS WET?
THE TONGUE
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS IN DORMITORY
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): BODY PART ; OPPOSITIONAL: CAUSAL CONTRADICTIVE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT JUMPS INTO THE WATER AND OUT AGAIN AND DOESN'T GET WET?
EGG IN A DUCK'S BELLY
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS IN DORMITORY
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OPPOSITIONAL: CAUSAL CONTRADICTIVE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT GETS BIGGER THE MORE YOU CONTRACT IT?
-- DEBTS.
Keyword(s): CAUSAL CONTRADICTIVE OPPOSITIONAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
Belief: Animal
Crosses on Donkeys:
The fur on a donkey's back seems to make a dark cross length-wise. According to the informant, the cross is there because Christ rode the donkey into Jerusalem. When she told me this, another person who was present said she had always heard it was there because Mary rode on the donkey.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P682.4, M247.3] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAKLAND UNIVERSITY ;
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ASS ; Christ ; CHRISTIANITY ; Cross ; DONKEY ; DONKEY ; Fur ; HAIR ; Jerusalem ; JESUS ; Mary ; RELIGION ; SYMBOL ; VIRGIN MARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Proverb
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DISTANCE ; Journey ; Maxim ; Miles ; NUMBER ; PROVERB ; Single ; Step ; THOUSAND ; TRAVEL ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Autograph Verse
Album Rhyme:
I've been all over the USA
I've even been to China
But the darndest place I've ever been
Is Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; China ; Countries ; Nations ; poem ; RHYME ; Rock Hill ; Signature ; South Carolina ; STATE ; USA ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
BLOOD SAUSAGE
IN RURAL BULGARIA, AFTER A LOG HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE LARGE FIREPLACE
THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS THE MAKING OF BLOOD SAUSAGE IS BEGUN. A
PIG IS SLAUGHTERED AND SAUSAGE IS MADE FROM ITS BLOOD NO LATER
THAN 12:00 MIDNIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS DAY. THE SAUSAGE CANNOT
BE EATEN BEFORE MIDNIGHT, BUT AFTER THIS EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE
FEASTS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN THIS CUSTOM IN BULGARIA.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: HENDRICKSONS PHARMACY ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BLOOD ; Bulgaria ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; holiday ; Pig ; Sausage ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas |
Date learned: 03-21-1970