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RIDDLE
WHAT DOESN'T EAT NOR DOESN'T DRINK BUT RUNS AND STRIKES?
-- A CLOCK
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CLOCK
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-02-1970
OMEN
IF THERE IS A ROOSTER CROWING ON THE PORCH, THEN THERE IS COMPANY
COMING.
Submitter comment: TOLD AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE INFORMER ON 10121969
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-12-1969
RIDDLE
HOW LONG IS A PIECE OF STRING?
-- TWICE AS LONG AS IT IS FROM THE MIDDLE TO THE END.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN KINDE, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): DISTANCE MEASURMENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-10-1967
RIDDLE
WHY CAN'T IT RAIN FOR TWO DAYS IN A ROW?
-- THERE IS ALWAYS A NIGHT IN BETWEEN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): WEATHER TIME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
RIDDLE
THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO HAD HER DOOR OPEN AND SAID,
THE NEXT PERSON WHO WALKS PASS MY DOOR ON MY PROPERTY,
I'LL SHOOT THEM AND SHE KNEW NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. WHY?
-- SHE WAS A SIAMESE TWIN.
Submitter comment: TOLD IN THE STUDENT UNION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
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
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
AT CHRISTMAS TIME, MY GRANDFATHER WOULD
PUT STRING THROUGH-OUT THE HOUSE. I WOULD
FOLLOW THE STRING UNTIL I FOUND THE GIFT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT ; SOUTH QUAD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Gifts, gift giving at Christmas |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK AND ROUND AND HAS A WHOLE IN THE MIDDLE?
-- A RECORD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PHONOGRAPH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK AND HAS PIMPLES ON TOP?
-- A SEWER TOP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): SEWER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
RUSSIAN RIDDLE
WHAT MOVES BUT LEAVES NO TRAIL, AND CHOPS BUT LEAVES
NO CHIPS?
-- A MAN IN A ROW BOAT.
Where learned: HOME ; RUSSIA ; TOLD AT ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): NAUTICAL BOATING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1905
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
RIDDLE QUESTION
IF A BIRD FLYS HALFWAY INTO THE FOREST, HOW FAR IS IT
TO THE OTHER END?
-- HALFWAY
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): DISTANCE MEASUREMENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHAT BUILDING HAS THE MOST STORIES?
-- THE LIBRARY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): STORY STOREY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
HOW LONG IS A CHINA MAN?
-- SO LONG IS HIS BROTHER.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO KAREN BY HER FATHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ORIENT NATIONALITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
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
PROVERBIAL SAYING
IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT, GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment: NONE
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
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
PROVERB
HE THAT CAN HAVE PATIENCE CAN HAVE WHAT HE WILL.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969