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Motif

Ignorance of religious matters.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd ignorance. · Absurd ignorance. · view the constellation · filed as J1738

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Ignorant priest forces rolls of cloth instead of bread down a dying man's throat Living crucifix chosen. Peasants take their old crucifix to an artist for a new one. The artist asks them whether they want a living or dead crucifix. Argument: living God takes less for upkeep and he can be killed later Numskulls surprised at news that God has a son Numskulls surprised to hear that God's son has died Standing up for the friendless. Preacher in backwoods asks congregation members who are friends of Jesus to rise. No one rises. "What, are there no friends of Jesus in this house?" A cowboy rises to his feet: "Stranger, I don't know who this man Jesus is. I never heard of him before, but I'll stand up for any man who hasn't got any more friends than he has." Letting in the light. Backwoods preacher tells couple that they are living in darkness. The woman responds that she has been trying for years to get her husband to cut a window in the house Ignorant people told religious holiday is coming the next day: camel appears and is feasted Men hide so that God will not see their sin
Filed beside it
Hero does not learn his name until after first adventure The city person ignorant of the farm Ignorance of certain foods Why the pigs shriek. The sheep does not understand why the pig being carried to slaughter shrieks Layman's ignorance of medicine Fool cannot tell his right hand in the dark Fools and the unknown animal Foolish lover ignorant of mistress's flaws Priests (schoolmasters) ignorant of Latin The countryman in the great world Ignorance of dates Ignorance of marriage relations Absurd ignorance of sex Ignorance of reading The archbishop's wife and family. Fool asks what he is to talk about when guests arrive. Is told: "Their wives and family." He asks the archbishop about his family. (Cf. J2461.2.) Absurd ignorance of the use of spectacles

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