PEOPLE ARE COMPARED TO BONES … 
WISHBONES – These are people who look at how bad things are and wish something could be done.
JAWBONES – These are people who do nothing but talk about how things are not being done.
KNUCKLEBONES – These are people who sit and knock whatever is being done.
BACKBONES – These are people who always get things done.

SKELETON RIDDLES
01. How did the skeleton know that it was going to rain?
02. How do you make a skeleton laugh?
03. What did the skeleton order at the restaurant?
04. What did the skeleton say to the other skeleton?
05. What did the skeleton wear on Halloween?
06. What do you call a skeleton that uses a doorbell?
07. What do you call a skeleton who won’t work?
08. What is a skeleton’s favorite instrument?
09. What room can a skeleton not go into?
10. Where do teenage skeletons go to school?
11. Why are skeletons always so calm?
12. Why did the little skeleton laugh at the joke?
13. Why do skeletons make bad miners?
14. Why don’t skeletons like parties?
15. Why don’t skeletons play music in church?
16. Why wasn’t the skeleton afraid of the policeman?
17. Why wouldn’t the skeleton go skydiving?

ANSWERS / ANSWERS
-A dead ringer
-A human costume
-He could feel it in his bones.
-He didn’t have the guts for it.
-He knew they couldn’t pin anything on him.
-He thought it was humerus
-High skull
-I’ve got a bone to pick with you
-Lazy bones
-Nothing gets under their skin
-Spare ribs
-The living room
-The trombone
-They have no body to dance with.
-They have no organs.
-They only go six feet under
-Tickle his funny bone.

RIDDLE HINTS … HTSIA / ALTTH / NHTTT / HH

Intro 1
Dem bones Dem bones Dem dry bones
Dem bones Dem bones Dem dry bones
Dem bones Dem bones Dem dry bones,
Hear the word of the Lord.

Chorus
Dem bones, dem bones gonna walk around.
Dem bones, dem bones gonna walk around.
Dem bones, dem bones gonna walk around.
Now hear the word of the Lord.

The lyrics are inspired by Ezekiel 37:1–14, where the
prophet Ezekiel visits the Valley of Dry Bones. 

Verse
Toe bone connected to the foot bone
Foot bone connected to the heel bone
Heel bone connected to the ankle bone
Ankle bone connected to the leg bone
Leg bone connected to the knee bone
Knee bone connected to the thigh bone
Thigh bone connected to the hip bone
Hip bone connected to the back bone
Back bone connected to the shoulder bone
Shoulder bone connected to the neck bone
Neck bone connected to the head bone
Hear the word of the Lord.