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Filed under One absurdity rebukes another.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Priest forbidden to have female servant ostentatiously washes his own clothes. Bishop reverses the orderScholar 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 absurditiesAdulteress's absurdity rebukedAbsurdities 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 upstreamRuler's absurdity rebuked

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