μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The capon and the hen. Bishop refuses a favor to an abbess on the ground that he does not love her. Abbess: "I can well believe that. The capon never loves the hen."

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee based on church or clergy. · view the constellation · filed as J1269.6

Cited in the index
  • general Wesselski Mönchslatein No. 59
  • general Mensa Philosophica No. 115.
Within the index

Filed under Repartee based on church or clergy – miscellaneous.

Filed beside it
The parson's share and the sexton's. During the sermon the parson bids the sexton see if anyone is coming. The sexton: "A man is coming with a wheel on his shoulder" Man absents self from church because he does not like to hear people slandered Would be first in all things. Chaplain accused of being first to start all knavery thus defends himself Scolding priest says he is merely trying to get even for all the scolding he must undergo Transmutation of the quail. Bishop brought quail on Friday orders them cooked. Blamed. If he can turn bread into the body of the Lord why can he not turn quail into fish? Praying before the King of Kings. Man while praying refuses to salute superior. While standing before the King of Kings he could not show respect to inferiors Robber's defense for stealing from rich. God will not permit them to enter heaven unless we take their ill-gotten goods from them Who bore the Savior on his back? (St. Christopher.) Parishioner: "The ass, for he bore both the son and his mother." Mice die of hunger. Complaints against underpaid priest that he does not stay at home. Says he cannot stay at home for the mice are dying of hunger since he receives only forty florins a year Their own quarters need it more. Such is the answer given monks who insist that quarters occupied by the king and his train be reconsecrated Youth announces fire in imitation of priest's metaphorical language. The fire set by cat's tail gains headway Cannot leave court of God: reply of saint when king invites him to court

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