Date Collected
Winter 12-1-2017
Place item was collected
North Logan, Utah
Informant
Mayah Reaveley
Point of Discovery/Informant Bio
My name is Mayah Reaveley. I am sixteen years old and I am a junior at InTech Collegiate High School. I am participating in the early college program that the school provides. I live in North Logan, Utah and my favorite hobby is oil painting.
Context
I told this riddle to my mom on a Friday night in my bedroom after I had told her a joke, so the mood was lighter than it might have normally been. I was sitting at my desk and she was sitting on my bed. I don’t remember where I heard this riddle, but I know that I have heard it multiple times before I told it. A natural setting to tell this riddle would be with family or friends, people who I am close with. I probably wouldn’t tell it to most younger kids because they probably would not understand or be interested in the riddle.
Text
Me: What gets more wet as it dries?
My mom: [long pause] I don’t know, what does get more wet as it dries?
Me: A towel.
My mom: [laughs]
Texture
When I told the riddle, I could tell that my mom had not hear it before. She thought for a minute before asking for the answer. She laughed and seemed impressed with the answer to the riddle.
Course
Introduction (ENGL 2210)
Instructor
Lynn McNeil
Semester and year
Fall 2017
Theme
G10: Riddling Questions
EAD Number
2.4.72
Recommended Citation
Reaveley, Mayah, "Drying Towel" (2017). USU Student Folklore Fieldwork. Paper 221.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/student_folklore_all/221