Dobjects Details Document

Title: Document - Unidentified Author, Addressed to Dorothy Howard, Transcriptions of Two Riddles, 1954-1955
Description: Game types: riddles Alternative types: jokes, language play Handwritten transcriptions of two riddles composed for Dr Dorothy Howard by an unidentified student at East Camberwell Girls Secondary School, in 1954-1955. The riddles comprise the following: 'Q: What is the difference between a car, a school, a burglar, and the measles? A: A car breaks down, a school breaks up, a burglar breaks in, and the measles break out' and 'Q: Why did the tomato blush? A: Because it saw the salad dressing.' One of a collection of letters describing a children's game written to children's Folklorist Dorothy Howard between 1954 and 1955. Dr. Howard came to Australia in 1954-55 as an American Fulbright scholar to study Australian children's folklore. She travelled across Australia for 10 months collecting children's playground rhymes, games, play artefacts, etc. This letter, together with the other original fieldwork collected by Dr. Howard during this period, is preserved in the Dorothy Howard Collection manuscript files, part of the Australian Children's Folklore Collection (ACFC), Archive Series 3. The ACFC is an extensive collection documenting children's folklore and related research.
Physical description: Handwritten annotation in pencil on lined paper. Text written on one side of page.
Control: HT 41384

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