“What goes up when the rain comes down?”/“An umbrella.”

A classic rain riddle was printed in The Independent (New York, NY) on November 12, 1891:
   
Q: What goes up when rain comes down?
A: Umbrellas.
 
“What goes up when the rain comes down? An umbrella” is another form of the riddle.
 
     
12 November 1891, The Independent (New York, NY), “Pebbles: Conundrums, New and Old,” pg. 33, col. 2:
What goes up when rain comes down?
Umbrellas.
 
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Chronicling America
9 March 1892, Maryville (TN) Times, pg. 6, col. 5:
WHAT goes up when rain comes down? Umbrellas.
   
Chronicling America
7 May 1905, The Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA), “Questions,” magazine, pg. 7, col. 2:
What goes up when the rain comes down?
 
Chronicling America
18 April 1906, Hartford (KY) Herald, “Conundrums,” pg. 4, col. 6:
What goes up when the rain comes down? Umbrella.
   
29 September 1907, Sunday World-Herald (Omaha, NE), magazine, pg. 15, col. 5:
I think the answer to the riddle, what goes up when the rain comes down? is an umbrella.
 
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23 May 1921, The Evening News (Harrisburg, PA), “Nuts to Crack,” pg. 9, col. 2:
“What goes up when rain comes down?”—Umbrellas.
     
Google Books
A Picture Almanac for Boys and Girls:
A Fascinating Introduction Into the Wonderland of Everyday Knowledge
By Grace L. Kohl
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Company, Incorporated
1942
Pg. 70:
What goes up when rain comes down?
An umbrella.
 
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Thy Wedded Husband
By Mary Garland O’Connor
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin
1957
Pg. 181:
“What goes up when the rain comes down?”
 
“An umbrella, you silly.”
   
Google Books
The Cokesbury Game Book
By Arthur M. Depew
New York, NY: Abingdon Press
1960
Pg. 47:
What goes up when rain comes down? Umbrella.
   
Google Books
Game Book
By Arthur M. Depew
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House
1977
Pg. 37:
What goes up when rain comes down? Umbrella.
       
Google Books
Captain Cook Chased a Chook:
Children’s Folklore in Australia
By June Factor
Ringwood, Victoria, Australia: Penguin Books; New York, NY, USA: Viking Penguin
1988
Pg. 116:
What goes up when the rain comes down? - Umbrellas.
     
Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
Kids Puns of the Weak 03-05-01
Stan Kegel
3/1/05
(...)
What goes up when rain comes down?
Umbrellas! (Kendra)
 
Twitter 
Amanda Michelle Moon
@amandamoon
What goes up when the rain comes down?  An umbrella! (Courtesy of Sid the Science Kid)`
8:51 AM · May 14, 2010·TweetDeck
 
Twitter
danielle
@deeemenn
what goes up when rain comes down? 
umbrellas
11:13 PM · May 29, 2010·Twitter SMS
   
Google Books
Funny Jokes and Riddles for Children
By Alexandra Cooper
Lulu Press (Lulu.com)
2016
Pg. ?:
Q. What goes up when rain comes down?
A. An umbrella!
 
Twitter
Rice University
@RiceUniversity
What goes up when rain comes down?
An umbrella!
Be prepared for today’s cold and rainy weather, Owls.
9:15 AM · Jan 23, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Jimmy RevJim Olsen
@mybuddyjimmy
What goes up when the rain comes down? Umbrella. #RiddleoftheDay
11:38 AM · Oct 23, 2021·Twitter for iPhone