Bridegroom gets into bed. The numskull groom on his wedding night does not know how to get to the bed, the curtains being drawn. He scales one of the posts, clambers to the canopy, falls upon his bride below, who screams for help

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Bridegroom gets into bed. The numskull groom on his wedding night does not know how to get to the bed, the curtains being drawn. He scales one of the posts, clambers to the canopy, falls upon his bride below, who screams for help.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd ignorance. · Absurd ignorance. · view the constellation · filed as J1744.1.1

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