One absurdity rebukes another – miscellaneous — Mythoi

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One absurdity rebukes another – miscellaneous.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever practical retorts. · One absurdity rebukes another. · view the constellation · filed as J1539

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Priest forbidden to have female servant ostentatiously washes his own clothes. Bishop reverses the order Scholar given third egg. A scholar, showing his skill in logic, proves that two chickens (or eggs) on the table are really three. His father (or host) takes one chicken for himself, gives the other to the mother, tells son that he can have the third one

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Borrower's absurdities Adulteress's absurdity rebuked Absurdities concerning birth of animals, or men. (Cf. J1531.3.) Deer captured in bird-net: water flows upstream. One partner claims a deer he has captured in his bird-net. The other pretends to be watching water flow upstream Ruler's absurdity rebuked

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