Woman causes disturbance in church, is carried out forcibly. She remarks. "Well I am more favored than my Lord. He had but one ass to ride, while I have two."

Motif

Woman causes disturbance in church, is carried out forcibly. She remarks. "Well I am more favored than my Lord. He had but one ass to ride, while I have two."

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee based on church or clergy. · view the constellation · filed as J1261.1.5

Filed across the traditions

U.S. *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Levity toward name of God.

Filed beside it

God as a father-in-law. Nuns tell a man that they are daughters of God. "Come and marry me; I should like such a rich father-in-law." Why God has few friends. Priest consoles sick man by saying that God chastens those whom he loves Man barks his shins on dark night. "By the great bugaboo! If I was the Almighty and had a moon, I'd hang it out on a night like this." Farmer looks at his hay on ground after a rain: "If I was a God, I'd be a God and not a damned fool!"

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