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X435 The boy applies the sermon. Makes a present application of the words of the parson
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- Jokes on parsons · X410 entry
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- "What says David?" – Boy: "Pay your old debts." Variants: (a) What evil did Adam do? – He (shoemaker) made my shoes too small. (b) What kind of man was Moses? He was a day laborer · X435.1 entry
- Parson "Where did the father stay?" – "He stayed to hold the oxen." · X435.2 entry
- Parson: Where was Christ when he was neither in heaven nor on earth? – He was in the willow-grove looking for a stick to beat those who ask foolish questions · X435.3 entry
- Names of persons in the Trinity. The priest's example: the three cows. The boy: "The Holy Ghost has just had a calf." · X435.4 entry
- Sermon about the rich man. A boy rides with a rich man. Goes into church and leaves his coat lying on the sled. When the parson preaches about the rich man who went to hell, the boy calls out, "Then he took my coat along!" · X435.5 entry
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