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RIDDLE
WHERE WAS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDECE SIGNED?
ON THE BOTTOM
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HISTORICAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-29-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT TIME WAS IT WHEN THE ELEPHANT SAT ON THE FENCE?
TIME TO GET A NEW FENCE
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-20-1965
RIDDLE
WHY DO THE DUCKS FLY SOUTH FOR THE WINTER?
BECAUSE IT'S TOO FAR TO WALK
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHAT HAPPENS TO GIRLS WHO EAT BULLETS?
THEIR HAIR COMES OUT IN BANGS
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
A NICKLE AND DIME WERE ON THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING.
THE NICKLE ROLLED OFF. WHY DIDN'T THE DIME?
BECAUSE THE DIME HAD MORE CENTS
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-28-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT DID THE INDIAN SAY WHEN THE DOG FELL OFF THE CLIFF?
DOGGONE}
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-23-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
AN EMBARRASSED ZEBRA
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHY IS THE ELEPHANT STANDING ON THE MARSHMELLOW?
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO FALL IN THE HOT CHOCOLATE
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): MARSHMALLOW
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-28-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST PENCIL IN THE WORLD?
PENNSYLVANIA
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): PLACE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1965
GRANDPA REMEMBERS WHEN HIS MOTHER DIDN'T HAVE SUPPER ON TIME
USUALLY THE EXCUSE WAS THE BUTCHER GAVE HER A TOUGH PIECE OF
MEAT. OF COURSE, THE OVER THE FENCE GOSSIPING WITH NEIGHBORS
ALL AFTERNOON HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SATIRE OF WOMEN SEXISM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
GRANDPA REMEMBERS WHEN HIS MOTHER USED TO CUT PAPER SQUARES,
ABOUT 8 INCHES BY 8 INCHES EXACT. THIS WAS AFTER THE SUNDAY
PAPERS HAD BEEEN READ. AFTER JUDGING THE PILE SHE SAID, "SON
ATTACH THIS PILE TO THE PEG IN THE OUTHOUSE."
Submitter comment: THESE PAPERS WERE USED AS TOILET PAPER.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTIONAL SHIFT: NEWSPAPERS CONVERTED INTO TOILET PAPER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
FARMER WITH TROUBLE
A FARMER HAD THREE SONS WHO WORKED VERY HARD ON THE FARM AND DID
NOT SEEM TO HAVE ANY ENEW JERSEYOYMENT OTHERWISE. SO THE OLD GENT,
FIGURED
D HE HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AND HE SUGGESTED THEY CLEAN UP
THE BACK FORTY WHERE THE COWS USUALLY HERDED AND MAKE A BASEBALL
DIAMOND SO THEY COULD INVITE THEIR FRIENDS TO PLAY BALL AND
PICNIC. SO, THE FIRST SUNDAY, BEFORE THE GAME WAS HALF OVER
ONE OF THE SONS CAME TO THE HOUSE, AND BROTHER, WAS HE A MESS.
THE OLD MAN ASKED WHAT HAPPENED. "WELL," THE SON SAID, "I HIT
ONE A COUNTRY MILE, THE COACH ON FIRST SAID KEEP GOING. WHEN I
REACHED SECOND THE COACH ON THIRD WAIVED ME TO COME AHEAD. THE
PLAY WAS CLOSE BUT I WAS CALLED OUT WHEN I SLID INTO WHAT I
THOUGHT WAS THIRD BASE. SO, HERE I AM."
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COW MANURE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
JOSE
JOSE LIVED IN A SMALL MEXICAN VILLAGE AND WON A CONTEST TO SEE
FOR FREE A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME. THE VILLAGE BEING SMALL,
GOT HIM DRESSED AND PREPARED AND SENT HIM OFF WITH A BRASS BAND
ON HIS RETURN, THE CITIZENS GAVE HIM A HERO'S WELCOME. THEY WENT
TO THE SCHOOL SO HE COULD TELL THEM OF HIS VISIT AND EXPERIENCES
IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY. HE MOST REMEMBERED WHEN 53,333 PEOPLE STOOD
UP BEFORE THE GAME AND SANG "JOSE CAN YOU SEE?".
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
GRANDPA TELLS WHEN HE WENT TO SCHOOL. HE WENT TO CHURCH EVERY
SUNDAY WITH HIS MOTHER, AFTER BOTH CAME HOME HE WOULD GET A SMACK
IN THE HEAD. HE WONDERED FOR A LONG TIME WHAT FOR. BUT AS HE GOT
OLDER HE KNEW THE NUNS AND MOTHER USED TO STAND TOGETHER AFTER
CHURCH AND WHAT WAS SPILLED BETWEEN THE TWO HE NEVER COULD FIND
OUT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
IT'S NOT THE COUGH THAT CARRIES YOU OFF, IT'S THE COFFIN THEY
CARRY YOU OFF IN.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS SAID AS A HUMOROUS EXPRESSION WHENEVER SOMEONE HAD A COUGH.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
GRANDMA'S DAYS, WAYBACK
SHE USED TO SEND THE SON TO THE BUTCHER SHOP AND TELL HIM TO BE
SURE AND GET A DOG BONE. THIS WAS USUALLY FOR FREE AND BEFORE THE
DAYS WHEN SAUSAGE WAS $2.00 A POUND. SO GRANDMA USED THE DOG BONE
TO FEED THE FAMILY FIRST WITH A GOOD SOUP OR STEW AND THE DOG
STILL HAD ENOUGH TO EAT AFTER TWO MEALS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RISE IN PRICES
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
THIS IS SAID WHENEVER CHILDREN MISBEHAVE OR BECOME OBNOXIOUS. "I
LIKE YOU BETTER STILL."
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
MUD PUT ON MOSQUITO BITES STOPS THEM FROM ITCHING AND MAKES THEM
GO AWAY FASTER.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 08-00-1969
CORN MEAL MUSH IS GOOD FOR COLDS AND FLU AND SOMETIMES SORE
THROATS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 08-00-1969
WIPING A YOUNG CHILD'S FACE WITH A BABY'S DIRTY DIAPER WILL KEEP
THAT CHILD FROM HAVING ACNE. IT ALSO MAKES A GOOD COMPLEXION.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-07-1972