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Motif

The unrepentant drunkard.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee concerning drunkenness. · view the constellation · filed as J1321

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2 finer motifs beneath it
Where did he get the wine? Father shows drunkard son a drunk man being mocked on the street. Instead of taking it as a warning the son says "Where does one get such good wine?" Though old woman is made to believe she is in hell she calls for drinking companions
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The great thirst Should have brought him drink. Drunkard's wife takes him when he is drunk to a tomb and, masking as a ghost brings him food. "If you had known me better you would have brought me drink." Stung by the goblet. Doctor tells drunkard, "The goblet has stung you." "If I had known that I would have drunk out of a glass."

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