Clever verbal retorts – general

Motif

Clever verbal retorts – general.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Clever verbal retorts – general. · view the constellation · filed as J1250

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella *Rotunda
India Thompson-Balys.
general Boccaccio Decameron Day 6 (Lee 176ff.)

Within the index

4 finer motifs beneath it

Baffling malice with ready answers Quibbling answers. E.g., Where are you going? – Forward. Where are you going to cut the tree? – At the foot Evading a direct answer which may trap one Answering only "yes" and "no"

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