What Can Go Up the Chimney Down?

DESCRIPTION: "What can go up the chimney down, Go down the chimney down, But can't go up the chimney up?" Answer: an umbrella
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: riddle nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, (Peggy Cole and Sally Poole, informants), "Riddles," Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jun 1948), p. 28, "(What can go up the chimney down)" (1 text)
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Joseph D. Clark, "More North Carolina Riddles," Vol. IX, No. 1 (Jul 1961), p. 18 (#120A, B), "(What will do up the chimney down") ("What can go up the chimney down") (2 texts, both of which appear simplified)
File: NCF1028G

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