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RIDDLE
WHICH BUILDING HAS THE MOST STORIES?
-- THE LIBRARY.
Keyword(s): STORY STOREY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
RIDDLE
HOW MANY SIDES DOES A BARREL HAVE?
-- TWO, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
RIDDLE
HOW MANY SIDES DOES A CIRCLE HAVE?
-- TWO, ONE INSIDE AND ONE OUTSIDE.
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-00-1965
RIDDLE
ON WHICH SIDE OF A CHURCH DOES A CYPRESS TREE GROW?
-- THE OUTSIDE.
Keyword(s): LEFT RIGHT EAST WEST
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
RIDDLE
MR GREEN IS A BUTCHER. HE IS SIX FEET TALL AND WEARS A
SIZE TEN SHOE. WHAT DOES HE WEIGH?
-- MEAT
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE MEANING OF VERB "TO WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-00-1965
RIDDLE QUESTION
THERE WAS A BUTCHER IN CHICAGO THAT WAS 5 FEET 10 INCHES
TALL. HE HAD BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES. HE WORE A SIZE
16 SHIRT AND A SIZE 10 SHOE. WHAT DID HE WEIGHT?
-- MEAT - HE WAS THE BUTCHER.
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB MEANING "TO WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
RIDDLE
HOW FAR CAN YOU GO INTO THE WOODS?
-- HALFWAY AFTER THAT YOU WILL BE LEAVING.
Keyword(s): DISTANCE DIRECTION MEASURMENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
HOLES
HOW MUCH DIRT IS THERE IN A HOLE 2 INCHES DEEP AND 2 INCHES
IN DIAMETER?
-- THERE AIN'T NO DIRT IN A HOLE, STUPID!
Keyword(s): MEASURMENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT ANIMAL HAS EYES THAT CANNOT SEE, LEGS THAT CANNOT
MOVE, BUT CAN JUMP AS HIGH AS THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING?
-- A WOODEN HORSE (THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING CAN'T JUMP)
Keyword(s): WOOD INANIMATE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-29-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT WAS THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD BEFORE
AUSTRALIA WAS DISCOVERED?
-- AUSTRALIA
Keyword(s): GEOGRAPHY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
RIDDLE
FOUR MEN FELL INTO THE WATER, BUT ONLY THREE OF THEM GOT
THEIR HAIR WET. WHY?
-- ONE OF THEM WAS BALD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-04-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO CARRY WATER IN A SIEVE?
-- FREEZE THE WATER.
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT TIME IS IT IF FOUR MEN ARE SHOVELING SNOW AND
A POLICEMAN IS WATCHING?
-- WINTER TIME.
Keyword(s): SEASON
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAN WHO LOVES OTHER MEN?
-- A CHRISTIAN
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-04-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAN WHO MARRIES ANOTHER MAN?
-- A MINISTER
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-04-1970
RIDDLE
WHICH CANDLES BURN THE LONGER: WAX CANDLES OR TALLOW CANDLES?
-- NEITHER, THEY BOTH BURN SHORTER.
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-23-1968
RIDDLE
APRIL FLOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS. WHAT DO MAY FLOWERS BRING?
-- PILGRIMS.
Keyword(s): HISTORY SPRING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
RIDDLE
THE MAN WHO MAKES IT DOESN'T USE IT;
THE MAN WHO BUYS IT DOESN'T NEED IT;
THE MAN WHO USES IT DOESN'T KNOW IT;
WHAT IS IT?
-- A COFFIN
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED FROM MY SISTER, A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL
WHO HEARD IT FROM A STUDENT IN HER STUDY HALL.
Keyword(s): DEATH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-24-1967
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IT IS CUSTOMARY, AS A FAMILY PRACTICE, TO RAISE A GOOSE AND
TAKE CARE AND FEED IT SO THAT BY CHRISTMAS IT IS READY TO BE
KILLED AND EATEN AS A SYMBOL OF BOUNTY.
Submitter comment:
(HUNGARIAN)
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Single dishes |
Date learned: 11-19-1969
FUDGE, FUDGE, TELL THE JUDGE/ MAMA'S GONNA HAVE A BABY./ IT AIN'T A
GIRL./ IT AIN'T A BOY./ IT'S JUST A BRAND NEW BABY./ WRAP IT UP IN
TISSUE PAPER/ SEND IT UP THE ELEVATOR. FIRST FLOOR: STOP, SECOND
FLOOR: STOP, THIRD FLOOR: RED HOT PEPPER.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-30-1967