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RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHY DO DUCKS FLY SOUTH?
ANSWER: IT'S TOO FAR TO WALK.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
RIDDLE
WHAT DID THE BEATLES SING WHEN THEY WERE IN
QUICKSAND? ANSWER: I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND.
Data entry tech comment: THE BEATLES ARE AN ENGLISH ROCK MUSIC GROUP ; AND I "WANT TO
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
BE REASONABLE--DO IT MY WAY.
Submitter comment: SIGN ON A STORE.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
RHYME
JIMMY'S IT, / CAUGHT A FIT, / AND CAN'T GET OVER IT.
Submitter comment: CHILDREN USE THIS VERSE TO TAUNT THE ONE WHO'S IT.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): RHYME: AAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
RHYME
GOOD FOOD GOOD MEAT,
GOOD GOD LET'S EAT.
Data entry tech comment: OFTEN HEARD THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: AA ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
COUNTING OUT
APPLES, PEACHES, PEARS, AND PLUMS;
TELL ME WHEN YOUR BIRTHAY COMES,
D-E-C-E-M-B-E-R (OR ANY MONTH BY THE ONE ON WHOM
"COMES" FALLS).
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATOES, THREE POTATOES, FOUR,
FIVE POTATOES, SIX POTATOES, SEVEN POTATOES, MORE.
CHILDREN PUT FISTS FORWARD, AND ONE PLAYER COUNTS OFF
ALSO USING HIS HANDS. ON THE WORD "MORE" PLAYER PUTS HIS FIST
BEHIND HIS BACK. THE FIST THAT IS LEFT IS "IT" FOR THE GAME.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
JIMMY'S IT,
CAUGHT A FIT,
AND CAN'T GET OVER IT.
Submitter comment: CHILDREN USED THIS VERSE TO TAUNT THE ONE WHO'S IT.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GRACE BEFORE MEALS
GOOD FOOD, GOOD MEAT,
GOOD GOD, LET'S EAT.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): BLESSING
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LEGEND
IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA THERE IS A LAKE CALLED "MC LAC," IN THE
MIDDLE OF WHICH IS A GLASS HILL THAT SHINES BRILLIANTLY IN THE
SUN. LEGEND HAS IT THAT THE INDIANS BUILT THIS HILL TO HONOR
THE SUN GOD. FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS THEY CARRIED THESE CRYSTAL
ROCKS OUT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE BY MEANS OF CANOES. A ROCK
WAS OFFERRED BY THE ENTIRE TRIBE WHENEVER A FAVOR WAS GRANTED
BY THE SUN GOD. THEY CONTINUED THIS RITUAL UNTIL THE HILL WAS
FAR ENOUGH OUT OF THE WATER TO REFLECT THE SUN'S GOODNESS BY
GIVING BACK ITS LIGHT.
Submitter comment:
SISTER KATERI'S FATHER TOLD THIS STORY TO HER WHEN SISTER WAS A
YOUNGSTER:
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS ; SOUTH SAINT PAUL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Sun PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mineral |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LEGEND
IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA THERE IS A LAKE CALLED "MC LAC," IN THE
MIDDLE OF WHICH IS A GLASS HILL THAT SHINES BRILLIANTLY IN THE
SUN. LEGEND HAS IT THAT THE INDIANS BUILT THIS HILL TO HONOR
THE SUN GOD. FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS THEY CARRIED THESE CRYSTAL
ROCKS OUT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE BY MEANS OF CANOES. A ROCK
WAS OFFERRED BY THE ENTIRE TRIBE WHENEVER A FAVOR WAS GRANTED
BY THE SUN GOD. THEY CONTINUED THIS RITUAL UNTIL THE HILL WAS
FAR ENOUGH OUT OF THE WATER TO REFLECT THE SUN'S GOODNESS BY
GIVING BACK ITS LIGHT.
Submitter comment:
SISTER KATERI'S FATHER TOLD THIS STORY TO HER WHEN SISTER WAS A
YOUNGSTER:
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS ; SOUTH SAINT PAUL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Sun PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mineral |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LEGEND
IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA THERE IS A LAKE CALLED "MC LAC," IN THE
MIDDLE OF WHICH IS A GLASS HILL THAT SHINES BRILLIANTLY IN THE
SUN. LEGEND HAS IT THAT THE INDIANS BUILT THIS HILL TO HONOR
THE SUN GOD. FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS THEY CARRIED THESE CRYSTAL
ROCKS OUT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE BY MEANS OF CANOES. A ROCK
WAS OFFERRED BY THE ENTIRE TRIBE WHENEVER A FAVOR WAS GRANTED
BY THE SUN GOD. THEY CONTINUED THIS RITUAL UNTIL THE HILL WAS
FAR ENOUGH OUT OF THE WATER TO REFLECT THE SUN'S GOODNESS BY
GIVING BACK ITS LIGHT.
Submitter comment:
SISTER KATERI'S FATHER TOLD THIS STORY TO HER WHEN SISTER WAS A
YOUNGSTER:
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS ; SOUTH SAINT PAUL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Sun PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mineral |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
WHAT CAN A PERSON WEAR THAT IS NEVER OUT OF STYLE?
-- A SMILE.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; TOLD AT ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB "TO SMILE."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
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ANIMAL RIDDLE
WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU COMBINE A MINK AND A KANGAROO?
A MINK WITH A POCKET.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; JOKE ; PUZZLE ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR