Robbers mistake man for devil (the "sheep" speaks, "Gently, gently!")

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Robbers mistake man for devil (the "sheep" speaks, "Gently, gently!").

Humor. · Humor of social classes. · Humor dealing with professions. · Jokes on parsons. · view the constellation · filed as X424.1

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Filed under The devil in the cemetery. A sexton hears thieves in the cemetery cracking nuts and thinks it is the devil cracking bones. With the gouty parson on his back he comes upon the thieves who, thinking it is their companion with the sheep, call out, "Is he fat?" The sexton: "Fat or lean, here he is!"

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