Dying lawyer says, "I appeal" — Mythoi

Motif

Dying lawyer says, "I appeal".

Humor. · Humor of social classes. · Humor dealing with professions. · Jokes on lawyers. · view the constellation · filed as X315

Cited in the index

general Crane Vitry 149f. No. 39
general Scala Celi 7b No. 48
general Herbert III 77 No. 200, 462 No. 94, 497 No. 238, 499 No. 262
general Alphabet No. 41
general Mensa Philosophica No. 147.

Within the index

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

1 finer motif beneath it

Dying lawyer asks delay

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

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