A scarecrow riddle is:
Q: What is a scarecrow’s favorite fruit?
A: Straw-berries.
The riddle was printed in newspaper puzzles printed in 1976 and 1996.
20 April 1978, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), “Puzzle Answer,” pg. P-12, col. 3:
The star letters in the correct words spelled STRAWBERRY, the answer to the riddle, “In the Land of Oz, what is the Scarecrow’s favorite fruit?”
29 May 1996, Springfield (MO)
Tuesday’s Cryptoquip: Can one voracious scarecrow’s favorite fruit be straw-berries?
Google Books
Super Goofy Jokes
By Jacqueline Horsfall
Illustrated by Rob Collinet
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
2004
Pg. 37:
What’s a scarecrow’s favorite fruit?
Strawberries.
Google Books
Laughs
By Matt Rissinger and Philip Yates
New York, NY: Sterlng Publishing Company, Inc.
2004
Pg. 20:
What’s a scarecrow’s favorite fruit?
Strawberries.
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Q: What is a scarecrows favorite fruit?
A: Straw-berries!
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#JokeOfTheWeek Q: What is a scarecrow’s favorite fruit? A: Straw-berries!
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Google Books
101 Amazing Food Jokes
By Jack Goldstein
Andrews UK Limited
2013
Pg. ?:
What is a scarecrow’s favorite fruit?
Straw-berries.
24 November 2013, Los Angeles (CA) Times, “The Kids’ Reading Room; Jokes & Riddles,” pg. H3:
What is a scarecrow’s favorite fruit? Straw—berries.
Caitlin, 4
YWCA Pre-school, San Pedro
Google Books
Food Jokes For Kids 5
By Peter Crumpton
PeteyRF Creative
2015
Pg. ?:
What is a scarecrow’s favorite fruit?
Straw-berries!
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Oct. 17, 1931, Turf Play, p. 7.
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.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See another 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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