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X417 Parson smears his hand with butter. Rascals have spread butter on the altarbread. The parson preaches, "What is the life of man?" and therewith brings his hand down on the altar-bread: "Pure butter!"
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- Jokes on parsons · X410 entry
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- Parson put to flight during his sermon · X411 entry
- Tame bear tied to church bells. Rings alarm · X412 entry
- One-eyed parson in dimly lighted church joins the wrong couples. Marries the old man to the girl and the old woman to the boy · X413 entry
- Parson rides ox into church. He wants to show how Christ rode into Jerusalem. Sexton sticks ox with needle · X414 entry
- The hog in church. Locked in church all week by mistake. When the congregation comes, the hog runs between the parson's legs and carries him out · X415 entry
- Parson preaches so that half the congregation weeps and half laughs. Has clothes torn in the back. Those that see this laugh. He wins the wager · X416 entry
- Parson is to let a dove fly in the church. It dies in his pocket · X418 entry
- At the blessing of the grave the parson's ox breaks loose: "Now the devil has him." · X421 entry
- The corpse with his feet cut off. The coffin-maker has fitted him to the coffin. The parson: "On the last day he will arise." One of the coffin-makers: "Did I say that?" · X422 entry
- The devil in the cemetery. A sexton hears thieves in the cemetery cracking nuts and thinks it is the devil cracking bones. With the gouty parson on his back he comes upon the thieves who, thinking it is their companion with the sheep, call out, "Is he fat?" The sexton: "Fat or lean, here he is!" · X424 entry