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AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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WISER THAN SOLOMON.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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AS WHITE AS SNOW.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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BRAVE AS A LION
SOFT AS A CLOUD, A FEATHER.
HARD AS A DOOR,
DARK AS PITCH,
SOFT AS MY BUNNY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES
I MET A MAN WITH SEVEN WIVES.
EACH WIFE HAD SEVEN SACKS,
EACH SACK HAD SEVEN CATS,
EACH CAT HAD SEVEN KITS.
KITS, CATS, SACKS, AND WIVES;
HOW MANY WERE THERE GOING TO ST. IVES?
(ONE)

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

James Callow Keyword(s): INCREMENTAL REPETITION

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- True Riddle

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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THERE WERE TWO FLIES LAYING ON ROBINSON CRUSOE'S BACK. WHAT
DID ONE FLY SAY TO THE OTHER?
(SEE YA' AGAIN ON FRIDAY)

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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IF APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS, WHAT DO MAY FLOWERS BRING?
(PILGRIMS)

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

James Callow Keyword(s): MAYFLOWER

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND READ ALL OVER?
(A NEWSPAPER)

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
(AN EMBARRASSED ZEBRA)

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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WHAT HAS TWO HANDS AND NO FEET AND NEVER STOPS RUNNING?
(A CLOCK)

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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WHAT'S THE WORLD'S LONGEST PENCIL?
(PENNSYLVANIA)

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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WHY DOES AN ELEPHANT WEAR RED TENNIS SHOES?
(SO THAT HE CAN HIDE IN A STRAWBERRY FIELD)

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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I SEE PARIS
I SEE FRANCE
I SEE LINDA'S UNDERPANTS.
ARE THEY BLUE?
ARE THEY PINK?
I DON'T KNOW,
BUT THEY SURE STINK.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Keyword(s): SCATOLOGICAL

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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HOW DOES A POLACK COMMIT SUICIDE?
(JUMPS OUT HIS BASEMENT WINDOW)

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Poli
RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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WHY DID THE LITTLE MORON BURY HIS MOTHER UNDER THE STEPS?
(TO HAVE A STEPMOTHER)

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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