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RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN OLD DIME AND A NEW PENNY?
NINE CENTS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): MONEY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN OLD DIME AND A NEW PENNY?
NINE CENTS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): MONEY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
RIDDLE
WHEN DID THE CHICKEN HAVE EIGHT FEET?
WHEN THERE ARE FOUR OF THEM.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
DOG RIDDLE
WHAT DO YOU DO IF A DOG BITES YOU?
BITE HIM BACK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
DO YOU KNOW HOW RUDOLPH DIED?
HE PICKED HIS NOSE AND ELECTROCUTED HIMSELF.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND HIDES IN A CAVE?
A ZEBRA THAT OWES MONEY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-12-1967
WHAT GOES BLACK AND WHITE, BLACK AND WHITE, BLACK AND WHITE?
A PENGUIN ROLLING DOWN THE STAIRS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 01-20-1968
RIDDLE
Q. WHAT IS BLACK, WHITE, BLACK, WHITE, BLACK, WHITE.
A. A PENGUIN FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-28-1965
JOKE RIDDLE
WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
A SUNBURNED SKUNK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-04-1967
JOKE RIDDLE
WHAT'S YELLOW AND GREEN AND PURPLE?
A NEWSPAPER. WHOEVER WROTE THIS JOKE WAS COLORBLIND.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-04-1967
PROVERB
ANYONE WHO GOES TO A PSYCHIATRIST SHOULD HAVE HIS HEAD EXAMINED.
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ASCRIBED TO SAM ; CIRCULAR REASONING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-30-1970
APPLESAUCE, MUSTARD, RIDER. HOW MANY LEGS HAS A SPIDER? ONE, TWO ETC.
(UNTIL THE JUMPER MISSES.)
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS APATHETIC TOWARDS THIS ITEM.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1971
NEW YEAR CUSTOM
NEVER SEW, COOK, IRON, WASH ON NEW YEAR OR
YOU WILL BE WASHING SOMEONE OUT OF THE FAMILY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
ANDY SPANDY SUGARDY CANDY, FRENCH ALMOND ROCK, BREAD AND BUTTER FOR
FOR YOUR SUPPER, ALL YOUR MOTHER'S GOT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD CHILDREN SAYING THIS WHILE SKIPPING ROPE
IN SUSSEX, ENGLAND
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT DOESN'T EAT NOR DOESN'T DRINK BUT RUNS AND STRIKES?
-- A CLOCK
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CLOCK
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-02-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK AND ROUND AND HAS A WHOLE IN THE MIDDLE?
-- A RECORD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PHONOGRAPH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
RIDDLE QUESTION
IF A BIRD FLYS HALFWAY INTO THE FOREST, HOW FAR IS IT
TO THE OTHER END?
-- HALFWAY
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): DISTANCE MEASUREMENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHY CAN'T IT RAIN FOR TWO DAYS IN A ROW?
-- THERE IS ALWAYS A NIGHT IN BETWEEN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): WEATHER TIME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
RIDDLE
THERE WAS A MAN-DEAD-LYING IN THE DESERT WITH A
POUCH ON HIS BACK. HE WAS LYING FACE DOWN AND THERE
WERE NO FOOTPRINTS OR SIGNS OF ANYTHING AROUND HIM.
HOW DID HE DIE?
-- HE WAS A PARATROOPER AND HIS PARACHUTE DIDN'T
OPEN IN TIME CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO HIS DEATH.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PARATROOPER PARACHUTE DEATH DEAD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-23-1971
RIDDLE
WHAT BUILDING HAS THE MOST STORIES?
-- THE LIBRARY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): STORY STOREY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000