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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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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
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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
RIDDLE
WHAT LETTER IS NEVER FOUND IN THE ALPHABET?
-- THE ONE YOU MAIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
Jump Rope Rhyme
Blondie and Dagwood went downtown.
Blondie bought an evening gown.
Suzie bought a pair of shoes.
Dagwood bought the eveing news.
And this is what it said,
"Shut your eyes and count to ten, unless you wan to to be a big fat hen."
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |