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RIDDLE
Q: WHAT CAUSES US NEITHER PAIN NOR SORROW YET MAKES US WEEP?
A: ONIONS.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN? UNKNOWN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; EATABLES AND DRINKS (A) ; STATE OF BEING (Q)
Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 07-22-1964