Priests (schoolmasters) ignorant of Latin.
The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd ignorance. · Absurd ignorance. · view the constellation · filed as J1741
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Evangelium secundum Pergamum. Pergamus, a rival city of Luca, objects to the reading of the Evangelium secundum Lucam, insisting that it be "secundum Pergamum""Agnus dei" as a prayer for money. An ignorant schoolmaster interprets many of the texts of scripture as commands for the priests to live lives of luxuryPrearranged answers in Latin not always successful. (Essentially same as X111.9.)
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Hero does not learn his name until after first adventureThe city person ignorant of the farmIgnorance of certain foodsWhy the pigs shriek. The sheep does not understand why the pig being carried to slaughter shrieksLayman's ignorance of medicineFool cannot tell his right hand in the darkFools and the unknown animalFoolish lover ignorant of mistress's flawsIgnorance of religious mattersThe countryman in the great worldIgnorance of datesIgnorance of marriage relationsAbsurd ignorance of sexIgnorance of readingThe 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