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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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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
WHAT'S YELLOW, IN A TREE, AND DANGEROUS?
A CANARY WITH A MARCHING AN(?).
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
HOW MANY ELEPHANTS CAN YOU PUT IN A VOLKSWAGON?
SIX, THREE IN THE FRONT AND THREE IN THE BACK.
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHY DO ELEPHANTS WEAR RED AND GREEN TENNIS SHOES?
BECAUSE THEY'RE ON DIFFERENT BASKETBALL TEAMS.
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHAT DOES A FIVE-HUNDRED POUND CANARY SAY?
CHERP, CHERP IN A VERY LOW AND LOUD VOICE
Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
Riddle Question
What's it called when a cow jumps over a barbed wire fence?
Answer: Udder despair
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |