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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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RIDDLE
NO MAN WANTS ME, BUT ONCE HE'S GOT ME NO MAN WANTS
TO LOSE ME. WHAT AM I?
-- A BALD HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): HEAD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE QUESTION
WHAT HAS TWO FEET ON EACH SIDE AND ONE IN THE MIDDLE?
-- A YARDSTICK!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): MEASURMENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
FORMULA SPEECH
WHEN SOMEONE WOULD SAY THE SAME THING AS YOU, AT THE SAME TIME, YOU
WERE SUPPOSED TO SAY "JINX ON A COKE; ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
SIX, SEVEN, ETC." AND THE OTHER PERSON WOULD HAVE TO SAY "STOP!"
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING CORRECTED BY STUDENT EDITOR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
RIDDLE
IF A DIESEL WERE HEADING UP A HILL INTO A SEVENTY MILE AN
HOUR CROSS WIND WHICH WAY WOULD THE SMOKE GO?
-- NO DIRECTION BECAUSE DIESELS DON'T SMOKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): LEFT RIGHT NORTH EAST WEST
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
IF A ROOSTER LAID AN EGG ON THE TOP OF A ROOF, WHICH WAY
WOULD THE EGG ROLL?
-- NEITHER, ROOSTERS DON'T LAY EGGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): ANIMAL LEFT RIGHT EAST WEST
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
WHY IS ETERNITY LIKE A CIRCLE?
-- IT HAS NEITHER A BEGINNING NOR AN END.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS IN FERNDALE, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): ETERNITY CIRCLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
MARY THE GOLDFISH
MAY LAY DEAD ON THE FLOOR COMPLETELY NUDE. JOHN WAS
ASLEEP ON THE COUCH. THERE WAS A POOL OF WATER BESIDE
MARY AND ON OVERTURNED BOWL. HOW DID MARY DIE?
TELLER OR INFORMANT ANSWERE QUESTIONS THAT CAN BE ANSWERED
"YES" AND "NO" UNTIL THE STORY UNFOLDS.
-- MARY IS A GOLDFISH AND JOHN IS A CAT.
Submitter comment:
FIRST HEARD BY INFORMANT AROUND 1952. IT HAS BEEN PASSED
ON AND HEARD FREQUENTLY SINCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 00-00-1952
RIDDLE
WHAT'S A VOLCANO?
A MONTAIN WITH HICCUPS.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): GEOLOGY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
WHAT HAS A MOUTH AND A FORK, BUT NEVER EATS?
-- A RIVER.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): GEOLOGY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM FIXED DATE
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, EACH CHILD IN THE FAMILY WOULD KNEEL
AND RECITE THE ACTS OF FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY, AND CONTRITION
TO REMIND THE CHILDREN HOW UNWORTHY THEY WERE TO RECEIVE
THE GIFTS FROM SANTA. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY WERE
OFFERING THESE PRAYERS IN THANKSGIVING FOR THE THINGS THEY
WOULD BE RECEIVING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
DEATH
IF YOU HEAR A KNOCK AT THE DOOR OR WINDOW
AND NO ONE IS THERE, OR YOU HEAR A LARGE
CRACKING SOUND WHEN ALL IS QUIET, THEN DEATH
WILL SOON COME TO A PERSON LIVING IN THAT HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
DRESS BELIEF
IF YOU PUT YOUR DRESS ON INSIDE OUT YOU'LL GET
A SURPRISE SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT IS IT THAT IS ALWAYS COMING, BUT NEVER ARRIVES?
-- TOMORROW. WHEN IT ARRIVES, IT IS TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): FUTURE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
WHAT IS MORE USEFUL AFTER IT HAS BROKEN?
-- AN EGG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
WHAT BUILDING HAS THE MOST STORIES?
-- THE LIBRARY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): STOREY STORY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
WHAT TWO WORDS HAVE THE MOST LETTERS IN THEM?
-- POST OFFICE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): SIZE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
SHERLOCK HOLMES RIDDLE
JOHN AND MARY WERE IN A SEALED ROOM DEAD. WHEN YOU
WALK INTO THE ROOM YOU SEE A PUDDLE OF WATER, BROKEN
GLASS AND A CAT. WHO KILLED JOHN AND MARY?
-- THE CAT, JOHN AND MARY WERE GOLDFISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): FISH CAT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
Entry filtered.
RIDDLE
WHAT DO ALL SHIPS WEIGH, REGARDLESS OF SIZE?
-- ANCHORS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE MEANING OF VERB "WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
THERE IS A GIRL IN A BUTCHER SHOP IN CINCINNATI WHO IS
6 FEET 8 INCHES TALL, HAS A 42 INCH WAIST, AND WEARS
NUMBER 12 SHOES. WHAT DOES SHE WEIGH?
-- SHE WEIGHS MEAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB MEANING "TO WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000