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RIDDLE
"WHY IS SLIPPING ON A BANANA PEEL LIKE MUSIC?"
"BECAUSE YOU'LL BE FLAT IF YOU DON'T SEE SHARP}"
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DORM
Keyword(s): BANANAPEEL ; FRUIT: BANANAS ; MUSIC: INTERVALS ; RIDDLING QUESTION
James Callow Keyword(s): LOOK SHARP ; PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEST POINT
CADETS AT WESTPOINT THROW PENNIES OVER THE SADDLE
AND GIVE A LEFT-HANDED SALUTE TO THE STATUE OF
TECUMSEH TO ENSURE THAT THEY WILL PASS THEIR EXAMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
IF YOU LOSE MONEY, SPIT ON THE BACK OF YOUR HAND AND
THROW IT OVER YOUR SHOULDER. WHICH EVER WAY THE WIND
BLOWS IT, THAT'S THE DIRECTION TO LOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
THE LEGEND OF CURTIS TURNER
CURTIS TURNER, A NOTED RACE DRIVER, WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE GOTTEN
HIS START WHEN HE WAS RUNNING BOOTLEG WHISKEY IN A MODEL A FORD.
HE WAS TRAVELING DOWN A NARROW ROAD ONE NIGHT WHEN HE NOTICED
A POLICE CAR BEHIND HIM AND ONE IN FRONT OF HIM. THERE WAS A ONE
LANE BRIDGE AHEAD OF HIM ALSO. WHEN HE GOT TO THE BRIDGE HE DID
A 180 DEGREE TURN AT 75 MILES AN HOUR AND HEADED BACK TOWARDS THE
OTHER POLICE CAR. THE OFFICER WAS SO SHOCKED THAT HE WENT OFF
THE ROAD AND TURNER GOT AWAY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): WILD CHASE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
ON THE NIGHT OF A FULL MOON IT AFFECTS YOUR DREAMS.
Submitter comment: BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
THE PHANTOM SHIP
OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA THERE WAS A SHIP THAT DISAPPEARED ON
ITS WAY TO INDIA. ABOUT SIX YEARS LATER IT WAS SIGHTED BY ANOTHER
SHIP WHICH PULLED ALONG SIDE OF IT TO INSPECT IT. THEY FOUND NO
ONE ON BOARD. THEY DID FIND PLENTY OF FOOD AND THE LOG WHICH ENDED
ON THE DATE THAT THE SHIP DISAPPEARED. WHEN THEY TIED A ROPE TO
THE SHIP TO TOW IT A STORM CAME UP AND BROKE THE ROPE. THE SHIP
DRIFTED AWAY AND WAS LOST AGAIN. UP UNTIL 1953 THE SAME THING
HAPPENED OVER AND OVER TO OTHER SHIPS WHO SPOTTED THE PHANTOM.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST SHIPS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
LOOK AT A FULL MOON THROUGH A WINDOW. IT WILL HAVE A
GOOFY EFFECT ON YOU.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
REMEDY--HAIR
TO MAKE YOUR HAIR LOOK HEALTHY, PUT CINNAMON ON IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
A FOOL
IT IS EASIER FOR A FOOL TO DENY THAN FOR ARISTOTLE TO PROVE.
Submitter comment: SPANISH: MAS PUEDE UN NEEIO NEGAR QUE ARISTOLELES PROBAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
ARABIAN MAXIM (TRANS.)
IT IS ALWAYS BEST TO GET TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): HUNTING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
REMEDY: TO KEEP HAIR FROM SPLITTING, USE VASELINE
AND BRUSH HAIR 100 STROKES A DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
CURER
MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, WHILE IN THE MARINES, CAME ACROSS
ANOTHER MARINE WHO HAD BEEN SHOT, THE MARINE THAT WAS
SHOT ASKED MY BROTHER-IN-LAW TO HELP HIM. MY
BROTHER-IN-LAW SAID HE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO HELP
HIM. THE WOUNDED MARINE REPLIED, IF YOU CAN
CORE AN APPLE, YOU CAN GET A BULLET OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curer |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
LEGEND OF CHRIST
ONCE OUR LORD WENT INTO A BAKERY SHOP TO SEEK SOME NOURISHMENT.
EACH TIME THE PROPRIETOR OF THE SHOP PUT THE DOUGH IN THE OVEN IT
GREW SO BIG THAT HE DECIDED TO GIVE IT AWAY. FOR THIS, OUR LORD
PUNISHED HIS GREED BY CHANGING HIM INTO A BIRD. THE BIRD FLEW UP
THE CHIMNEY AND BECAME A RAVEN FROM THE DUST IN THE CHIMNEY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIBLICAL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
IN THE UNITED STATES THE NUMBER 7 IS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
WHEN ENTERING A CHURCH FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU ARE
GIVEN THREE WISHES FOR ANYTHING YOU MAY DESIRE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 10-25-1971
IF YOU CRY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, YOU WILL CRY EVERY DAY FOR
THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. |
Date learned: 10-03-1969
THE COLOR GREEN MEANS HOPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
AN ARROW IS A SIGN OF PROTECTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
ALL COURTNEY WOMEN ARE SPINSTERS, THAT IS ALL GIRLS WHOSE
LAST NAME IS COURTNEY.
Submitter comment:
FIVE GENERATIONS, THERE HAS BEEN NO EXCEPTION FOUND.
THIS IS ON FATHER'S SIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
A GREAT LAKES LEGEND
THERE IS A BELL ON THE CANADIAN SIDE OF LAKE HURON
THAT RINGS EVERY TIME A SHIP GOES DOWN ON THE
GREAT LAKES.
Submitter comment: HEARD AT HOME IN ROGERS CITY, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ROGERS CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Still water Small body. |
Date learned: 02-04-1967