Beggar frightens lawyer into giving by telling him of all the lawyers in hell — Mythoi

Motif

Beggar frightens lawyer into giving by telling him of all the lawyers in hell.

Humor. · Humor of social classes. · Humor dealing with professions. · Jokes on lawyers. · view the constellation · filed as X312

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Boggs FFC XC 95 No. 819*
general cf. U.S.: Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Jokes on lawyers. (Cf. P422.)

Filed beside it

What will happen when there are so many lawyers. Woman sees the crowds of students in the law school. She knows that the one lawyer in her village has ruined nearly everyone Dying like Christ – between two thieves. The dying man has the lawyer and the notary stand on either side of him Lawyer who tries to practice without lying fails. He enters religious order and tries to conduct the legal business without lying Dying lawyer says, "I appeal" Nero has reserved place in hell for lawyers Lawyer thrown back into mud when rescuers learn that he is a lawyer Lawyer loses tongue in death because he sold it in life Miscellaneous jokes about lawyers

Carried in tale types

Lawyers in Hell · ATU 1860A 1 recorded variant

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