Poor suitor served good supper prepared for rich one. Recites a satirical rhymed grace

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Poor suitor served good supper prepared for rich one. Recites a satirical rhymed grace.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever practical retorts. · Practical retorts: hosts and guests. · view the constellation · filed as J1561.3.1

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North CarolinaBrown Collection I 702.

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Filed under Welcome to the clothes. A man at a banquet is neglected because of his poor clothes. He changes clothes, returns, and is honored. "Feed my clothes," he says, "for it is they that are welcomed."

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