All sins since the birth of Christ. A stupid man at confession says, "I confess myself guilty of all sins that I have committed since Christ's birth." "Are you so old?" "Yes, and I have a brother who is three years older than I."

Motif

All sins since the birth of Christ. A stupid man at confession says, "I confess myself guilty of all sins that I have committed since Christ's birth." "Are you so old?" "Yes, and I have a brother who is three years older than I."

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd ignorance. · Absurd ignorance. · view the constellation · filed as J1743.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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general Wesselski Bebel II 106 No. 17
general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 295.

Within the index

Filed under Ignorance of dates.

Filed beside it

Family do not realize that Lent has arrived until it is Palm Sunday. Then they explain that Lent will be short because it has been a short winter Wash Bee Day. Woman misinterprets calendar notation "February 22, Wash. B'day." Washes their bee-hives

Travels with

Man says: "That's the best horse in all England, but I have one in my stable worth ten of him. (Cf. J1743.1.)

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