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RIDDLE
WHY DOES AN INDIAN WEAR FEATHERS?
TO KEEP HIS WIG WARM.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-26-1967
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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
ACH
ACH WHO?
GESUNDHEIT
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ONE OF MANY KNOCK-KNOCKS
I TRADED WITH MY FRIENDS BACK IN
ST. GABRIEL GRADE SCHOOL IN DETROIT.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia SPEECH -- Formula RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
KNOCK KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
THE OLD LADY
THE OLD LADY WHO?
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD YODEL.
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED THIS FROM MY FRIENDS AT ST. GABRIEL GRADE
SCHOOL IN DETROIT YEARS AGO.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
LOCKED UP
IF YOU WERE LOCKED UP IN A ROOM AND ALL YOU HAD
IN THE ROOM WAS A BED AND A CALENDAR
HOW WOULD YOU SURVIVE?
DRINK FROM THE SPRINGS OF THE BED, AND
EAT THE DATES OFF THE CALENDAR.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS JOKE WHEN I WAS LIVING IN DETROIT FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
DARKNESS
IF YOU WERE IN A COMPLETELY DARK ROOM WHERE THERE
WAS NO EXIT AND ALL THERE WAS IN THE HOLE WAS A
MIRROR, HOW COULD YOU GET OUT?
LOOK IN THE MIRROR TO SEE WHAT YOU SAW,
TAKE THE SAW AND SAW A HOLE THROUGH THE WALL TO GET OUT.
Submitter comment:
THIS RIDDLE WENT AROUND AND WAS QUITE
POPULAR WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
A RIDDLE
WHAT HAS ONE EYE AND CAN NOT SEE?
A NEEDLE
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): OPPOSITIONAL: PRIVATIONAL CONTRADICTIVE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
IN HER FAMILY, A WEDDING CAKE HAS A RING IN IT AND THE
FIRST ONE TO GET THE RING ON THEIR PLATE WILL BE
MARRIED NEXT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Wedding cake BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
I THOUGHT OF A GUY NAMED TOM, WHO I HAD NOT SEEN
IN A LONG TIME. NEXT DAY, I SAW HIM IN THE BOOK
STORE, WORKING THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
HAD A DREAM ABOUT GIVING FLOWERS TO A TEACHER AS A
PEACE OFFERING AND SOMEONE GAVE ME FLOWERS THE
NEXT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
IRISH FOLK BELIEF
ONE DAY, A POPE WILL GO ON A SAILING VOYAGE AND WHEN
HE STEPS ONTO LAND AFTER THAT TRIP, THE WORLD WILL
END. (TOLD BY MELCHISADOR).
Submitter comment:
MELCHISADOR IS AN IRISH PROHET OF THE PAST. HE HAS
MUCH RESPECT AMONG THEM. HIS PROPHECIES ARE VAGUE
ENOUGH TO NOT BE DISPROVEN. SINCE HE PREDICTED IN
AN ERA WHEN POPES FAILED TO TRAVEL, HIS PROPHECY WAS
ALWAYS A FUTURE POSSIBILITY AND HAS BEEN KEPT IN
MEMORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer |
Date learned: 10-20-1970
IF YOU CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY,
THEN IT MUST BE A LIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-01-1970
TO GET SOFT HAIR, WASH IT IN EGGS AND FOLLOW WITH
A SALAD DRESSING RINSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
NAME TABU
DON'T CALL A BABY'S TEETH "TEETH," BECAUSE IF YOU DO,
THE BABY MIGHT NOT GET ANY MORE TEETH. CALL THEM
RICE GRAINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TABU
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EAT CARROTS FOR GOOD EYES; EAT FISH FOR BRAINS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
WHEN LOOKING FOR SOME PROPERTY, TAKE A STATUE AND
BURY IT IN THE BACKYARD. IF IT IS FOR YOU, YOU'LL
GET THE PROPERTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TOLD TO SMALL GRADESCHOOL CHILDREN BY NUNS:
IF YOU BITE THE HOST, IT WILL BLEED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUCHARIST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P439 BELIEF -- Church |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU CAN ROLL YOUR TONGUE, IT IS A SIGN OF
VIRGINITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
FAMILY FOOD TRADITION
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAD HOME BAKED BEANS AND HOME MADE BROWN
BREAD WHEN I LIVED IN NOVA SCOTIA.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN NOVA SCOTIA ALTHOUGH COLLECTED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
Date learned: 11-00-1982
GAELIC FESTIVAL
IN EASTERN CANADA WE HAVE MANY GAELIC MODS. THESE ARE HIGHLAND
GATHERINGS WITH BAG PIPES, HIGHLAND DANCING AND COMPETITION THAT
GO BACK TO SCOTLAND. FAMILIES WEAR THEIR OWN TARTAN SKIRTS WHICH
IDENTIFIES THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN NOVA SCOTIA ALTHOUGH COLLECTED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
James Callow Keyword(s): BAGPIPES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Irregular |
Date learned: 11-00-1982