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THANKSGIVING PUDDING, PIE & CAKE
MAY THANKSGIVING BRING YOU PLEASURE
SOME PUDDING, PIE AND CAKE
IN EQUAL HAPPY MEASURE
" LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE. "
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; VERSE FROM HIS POSTCARD COLLECTION ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GOOD WISHES. ; RHYME ABAB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
IF YOU SEE YOUR FUTURE BRIDE BATHING IN THE NUDE BEFORE THE
WEDDING, THE MARRIAGE WILL WORK OUT BADLY.
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
IF A GIRL IS NOT A VIRGIN SHE CANNOT LOOK YOU IN THE EYE.
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
HOMOSEXUALS CAN'T WHISTLE.
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
EVERY PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ELECTED ON A YEAR
ENDING WITH A ZERO IS ASSASINATED.
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
SQUIRRELS GOING SOUTH MEANS THE WINTER WILL BE HARD.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING CORRECTED BY STUDENT EDITOR.
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
IF YOU HAVE KILLED A SNAKE, NOT JUST ANY OLD DEAD SNAKE, BUT
IF YOU KILL A SNAKE AND HANG IT ON A FENCE IT WILL PRODUCE A
A RAIN WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT IS THE MOST DREADED SOUND IN THE WORLD TO A MONKEY?
BOING, BOING, BOING
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT GOES KLONK, KLONK, KLONK AND IS PURPLE?
A FOUR-DOOR GRAPE
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT'S THE LATEST TEENAGE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL?
"YOU'RE WHAT!"
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHY DID TARZAN PUT ON SUNGLASSES?
SO HE COULDN'T SEE THE ELEPHANTS
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT DID TARZAN SAY WHEN HE SAW THE ELEPHANTS COMING?
"HERE COME THE ELEPHANTS."
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE FLEA WHO CLIMBED UP THE ELEPHANT'S
LEG WITH RAPE ON HIS MIND?
CONFIDENT FLEA!
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT'S THE DEFINITON OF THE JITTERBUG?
A MAN IN FRONT OF A PAY TOILET WITH ONLY NINE CENTS.
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
A BLEEDING ZEBRA
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
A BLEEDING NUN
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO CATCH AN ALLIGATOR?
YOU TAKE A PAIR OF BINOCULARS AND LOOK THROUGH THE WRONG END,
IT (THEY) MAKE THE ALLIGATOR REAL SMALL. THEN YOU TAKE A PAIR
OF TWEEZERS AND PUT IT IN A MATCHBOX.
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
HOW DO YOU CATCH A RABBIT?
STAND BEHIND A TREE AND MAKE NOISES LIKE A CARROT
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
IF A STRAWBERRY WEIGHED SIX OUNCES, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE
A GLASS OF WATER FALLING OFF A CLIFF TO BREAK A SHINGLE?
TWO TELEPHONE POLE LENGTHS BECAUSE MOTORCYCLES DON'T HAVE
DOORS.
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHY DO ELEPHANTS HAVE WRINKLES IN THEIR KNEES?
'CAUSE THEY ALL PLAY MARBLES DURING THEIR COFFEE BREAK.
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968