μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • general *Basset 1001 Contes I 273.
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Filed under Humor of discomfiture.

1 finer motif beneath it
Man continually interrupted from eating answers in rhymed monosyllables
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Red pepper for the slow ass: man tries it on himself. When, on the advice of a friend, he gives the ass red pepper, the ass runs away. Then he tries it on himself. He runs so fast that he passes the ass. Arriving at home, he says to his wife, "Unload the ass when he comes. I must run through the village a couple of times more."Accidental cannibalism. A man eats up the dried meat of a Jew on shipboard. It happens that the Jew is carrying his dead father back home for burial in this form. (Cf. G60.)The dream of marking the treasure. A man dreams that he finds treasure and that he marks the spot with his excrements. Only the latter part of the dream is trueWager with overdressed youths that servant can carry a large bucket of water upstairs. They follow and are soaked when the servant purposely spills the dirty waterUse of itch-producing ointmentRidiculous nakedness or exposureMan given ride on a hemp-dresser

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