The four-footed bishop. A fool finding a nun in bed with a bishop and not seeing her face concludes that the bishop must have four feet and so announces it

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The four-footed bishop. A fool finding a nun in bed with a bishop and not seeing her face concludes that the bishop must have four feet and so announces it.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd scientific theories. · Other absurd scientific theories. · view the constellation · filed as J2283

Scholars’ trail — 3 references (open)

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Italian Novella Rotunda.
general Bolte Frey 247 No. 86
general Nouvelles Récréations No. 2

Within the index

Filed under Other absurd scientific theories.

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How the fishes got there. Guests of host who waters his wine put little fishes into the wine jug. "Now I confess that I put water into the wine; otherwise the fishes could not be there." A drunkard cannot drown. A drunken man falls overboard but the skipper refuses to pick him up. "A man who is soaked in wine cannot drown. No part of his body will absorb water." What killed the wolf. Peasants find a dead wolf and debate what killed it. A learned man shows that it froze internally from eating cold flesh Foolish interpretation of omens Belief that island may be towed by ships to new location

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