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X461 Jokes on fortune-tellers
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- Humor concerning other professions · X460 entry
- Young man plowing corn sees letters "P. C." formed by clouds. He explains situation to minister, asks to be ordained. The minister explains that the letters mean "plow corn" instead of "preach Christ" · X459.1.1 entry
- Man heeds what he thinks to be call to the ministry · X459.1 entry
- Jokes on parsons – miscellaneous · X459 entry
- Fortune-teller shows others how to get rich but remains poor himself. (Cf. J1062.) · X461.1 entry
- Humor concerning other social classes · X500 entry
- Jokes concerning usurers · X510 entry
- Barber alone praises usurer. Custom not to bury dead until someone has something good to say about him. No one will praise a dead usurer until a barber is willing to say that he had a good beard · X511 entry