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X100 Humor of disability. Besides the motifs which follow, the entire series of motifs concerning fools (J1700–J2799) properly belongs here as well as where it is given
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- Man given ride on a hemp-dresser · X53 entry
- Woman exposed to ridicule when her wig is snatched off by a monkey · X52.1 entry
- Ridiculous nakedness or exposure · X52 entry
- Use of itch-producing ointment · X34 entry
- Humor of deafness · X110 entry
- Deaf men and their answers · X111 entry
- Deaf persons: search for the lost animal. A inquires for his lost animal. B talks about his work and makes a gesture. – A follows the direction of the gesture and happens to find the animals. He returns and offers an injured animal to B in thanks. – B thinks that he is blamed for injuring the animals. Dispute. Taken to deaf judge. (Cf. X111.14.) · X111.1 entry
- Deaf peasant: travelers ask the way. Travelers ask their direction. Peasant thinks they want to buy oxen. Peasant's wife arrives; thinks they say her food is too salty. – Daughter-in-law and father-in-law misunderstand each other · X111.2 entry