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RIDDLE
WHAT TIME IS IT WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES THIRTEEN?
TIME TO GET IT FIXED
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK AND BLUE AND GOES DING-DONG?
A BEAT UP AVON LADY RINGING THE DOORBELL.
Data entry tech comment: AVON LADIES SELL COSMETICS DIRECTLY TO HOMES.
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COLOR ; COMMERCIAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO RAISE STRAWBERRIES?
WITH A SPOON
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE SMALLEST ROOM IN THE WORLD?
A MUSHROOM
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT'S BLACK WITH GREEN FURRY LEGS AND ORANGE DOTS?
I DON'T KNOW, WHAT IS IT?
I DON'T KNOW EITHER BUT IT'S CRAWLING ON YOUR BACK.
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT'S WHITE, HAS ONE HORN AND GIVES MILK?
A MILK TRUCK
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST BOW IN THE WORLD?
A RAINBOW
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-16-1965
MIRACULOUS BATH WATER
SOME FOURTH GRADERS I TAUGHT INFORMED ME OF A STORY
THAT THEIR THIRD GRADE TEACHER, SR. WILMA, HAD TOLD THEM
THE YEAR BEFORE:
JUST ABOUT THE TIME JESUS WAS BORN, ANOTHER LADY IN
BETHLEHEM HAD A BABY, TOO. THIS BABY WAS ALL
CRIPPLED. ONE DAY, JESUS' MOTHER WAS GIVING HIM A
BATH. THE LADY KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT
MARY'S BABY, AND ASKED TO USE THE SAME WATER. WHEN SHE
TOOK HER LITTLE BOY OUT OF THE WATER, HE WASN'T
CRIPPLED ANY MORE.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS STORY WHEN I WAS A TEACHER AT THE SCHOOL
MENTIONED ABOVE.
Data entry tech comment: I WILL PARAPHRASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; SAINT ISAAC JOGUES SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
JEWISH NEW YEAR FOOD TRADITION
AT JEWISH NEW YEAR AT THE DINNER ON ROSH HASHONAH WE DIP SLICES OF
APPLE IN HONEY TO SYMBOLIZE LOOKING FORWARD TO A SWEET YEAR.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN THE CITY OF DETROIT ALTHOUGH COLLECTED IN SUBURB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
RIDDLE
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, SIS?
WRITING A LETTER TO MY COUSIN.
WHY ARE YOU WRITING SO SLOWLY?
HE CAN'T READ VERY FAST.
Where learned: OUR LADY QUEEN OF MARTYRS SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 09-25-1965
RIDDLE
MRS. TISH: YOUR FLOOR IS SO CLEAN. WHAT DO YOU USE?
MRS. TOSH: I FIND MY HUSBAND THE BEST.
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 11-17-1965
I MET A MAN ON THE WAY TO THE STORE. HE SAID HE
DIDN'T HAVE A BIT ALL WEEK--SO I BIT HIM.
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 11-18-1965
JOHN: I HEARD SOMETHING THAT OPENED MY EYES THIS
MORNING.
JANE: WHAT'S THAT?
JOHN: THE ALARM CLOCK.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
A MAN HAD TWO HORSES AND COULDN'T TELL THEM APART,
SO HE ASKED A FRIEND WHAT TO DO. THE FRIEND SAID
TO CUT OFF THE TAIL OF ONE OF THEM. HE DID, BUT
IT GREW BACK. SO HE CUT OFF THE MANE OF THE OTHER
ONE, BUT IT GREW BACK. SO HE ASKED THE FRIEND
AGAIN, AND THE FRIEND SAID, "WHY NOT MEASURE THEM."
HE DID AND HE FOUND OUT THAT THE BROWN HORSE WAS
TWO INCHES TALLER THAN THE WHITE ONE.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHAT'S WHAT
DANNY TELLS THE STORY THAT A PHILOSOPHY TEACHER AT
U. OF D. ASKED THE QUESTION "WHAT IS" ON HIS FINAL
EXAM. THE STUDENTS FILLED UP 3 AND 4 PAGES WRITING
ALL ABOUT BEING AND ESSENCE AND ALL THAT. ONE KID JUST
KIND OF SCRATCHED HIS HEAD AND WROTE "WHAT IS WHAT?"
HE GOT AN "A" ON THE FINAL.
Submitter comment:
DAN SAYS THAT HE HEARD THE STORY FROM HIS OLDER BROTHER
A FEW WEEKS EARLIER AND THAT A FRIEND OF HIS BROTHER'S
WAS IN THE VERY CLASS TAKING THE SAME FINAL. THIS
STORY IS TOLD AS TRUE.
Where learned: DRIVING TO SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
HICCUPS
TO CURE THE HICCUPS, BREATHE TWENTY TIMES INTO A BROWN PAPER BAG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; GRADE SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number P686.1.20 BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-13-1965
NUN JOKE
WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND PRAYS IN THE ATTIC?
A PREGNANT NUN.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD IT FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Woman |
PINK-POLKA DOT PING PONG TABLE
THE BOY REACHED HIS 6TH BIRTHDAY AND HIS FATHER WAS SO
HAPPY THAT HE WOULD NOW BE OLD ENOUGH TO GO TO SCHOOL,
THAT AT THE PARTY HE SAID, "SON, THIS IS A BIG YEAR
FOR YOU. YOU WILL BE GOING TO SCHOOL THIS YEAR AND I
WANT YOU TO DO WELL. AS AN INCENTIVE TO DO WELL IN
SCHOOL, I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT FOR
YOUR BIRTHDAY. YOU NAME IT, IT'S YOURS." "DAD,
I'D LIKE A PINK POLKA DOT PING PONG TABLE FOR MY
BIRTHDAY." THE FATHER IS ASTOUNDED AND ASKS WHY,
THE SON REFUSES TO TELL AND SAYS HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER
GIFT. THE FATHER GIVES HIM NOTHING. THIS OCCURS AT
EVERY BIG OCCASION IN THE SON'S LIFE, AND IT'S ALWAYS
THE SAME; THE FATHER SAYS HE WILL GIVE IT TO HIM IF THE
BOY WILL ONLY TELL HIM WHY HE WANTS IT, BUT THE SON
ALWAYS REFUSES TO TELL. FINALLY, ON THE SON'S
DEATH-BED HE SAYS, "DAD, THE REASON I'VE ALWAYS
WANTED A PINK POLKA DOT PING PONG TABLE IS BECAUSE
--UGH--." AND HE DIED.
Submitter comment: BILL DOESN'T REMEMBER WHERE HE FIRST HEARD IT.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
BREAKING THE PINATA IS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF EVERY
MEXICAN CHILD'S PARTY. A PINATA IS A CLAY COVERED
JAR COVERED WITH COLORFUL CREPE PAPER, IN THE SHAPE
OF SOME ANIMAL, BIRD, FLOWER, OR ANYTHING ATTRACTIVE.
THE PINATA IS FILLED WITH CANDY, POPCORN, MONEY, ETC.
THE PINATA IS SUSPENDED FROM THE CEILING AND LOWERED TO
THE PLAYERS' REACH. THE PLAYER CHOSEN TO BREAK THE
PINATA IS BLINDFOLDED. HE RECEIVES TWO CHANCES, BUT
JUST AS HE IS READY TO STRIKE THE PINATA, IT IS PULLED
UP AND OUT OF HIS REACH. EACH PLAYER IN TURN GETS
TWO STRIKES AT THE PINATA, BUT USUALLY THE HOST
OR HOSTESS BREAKS IT. WHEN IT BREAKS, EACH PLAYER
SCRAMBLES TO GET ALL THAT HE CAN.
Data entry tech comment: PRONOUNCED "PINYATA"
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SENIOR CUSTOM CONCERNING RING WEARING
THE GRADUATING SENIOR WILL WEAR HIS RING SO THAT HE
CAN READ THE INSCRIPTION ON THE RING WHEN HE LOOKS
AT HIS HAND AND AFTER GRADUATION HE WILL REVERSE
IT SO OTHERS CAN READ IT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 09-00-1962