A leprechaun riddle is:
Q: When does the leprechaun cross the road?
A: When it’s green.
“Why did the leprechaun cross the road? Because the light was green” was printed in the Los Angeles (CA) Times on June 21, 2001. ” When does the leprechaun cross the road? When it’s green!” was posted on Twitter on April 17, 2012.
“Why did the leprechaun cross the road?”/“He wanted to reach the pot of gold faster” is a similar riddle with a different punchline.
21 June 2001, Los Angeles (CA) Times, “The Kid’s Reading Room; Jokes & Riddles,” pg. E9, col. 1:
Why did the leprechaun cross the road? Because the light was green. (Josue, 9, Brentwood Science Magnet, Los Angeles)
1 November 2006, Los Angeles (CA) Times, “The Kids’ Reading Room: Jokes & Riddles,” pg. E15, col. 4:
Why did the leprechaun cross the road? Because the light was green.
Jonathan, 12
Rea Elementary, Costa Mesa
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@totmac “Why did the leprechaun cross the road? Because the light was green!” Too late?
1:46 PM - 22 Apr 2010
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THIS. THISTHISTHISTHIS!!!: When does the leprechaun cross the road?
When it’s green!
4:29 PM - 17 Apr 2012
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Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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