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References
- 1 2 3 Mac E. Barrick, "Racial Riddles & the Pollack Joke", Keystone Folklore Quarterly, Volume 15, Issue 1, 1970, p. 3-15
- ↑ Nigel F. Barley, "Structural Aspects of the Anglo-Saxon Riddle", Semiotica 10 (2) (1974)
- ↑ Salcia Landmann, Der Jüdische Witz, Soziologie und Sammlung ("The Jewish Humor, Its Sociology and a Collection", citing from the Russian translation: Еврейское остроумие, 2002, ISBN 978-5-9953-0202-5, p. 17.
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