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Motif

Ridiculous nakedness or exposure.

Humor. · Humor of discomfiture. · Humor of discomfiture. · view the constellation · filed as X52

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Filed under Humor of discomfiture.

1 finer motif beneath it
Woman exposed to ridicule when her wig is snatched off by a monkey
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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." Man interrupted each time he tries to eat something 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 true Wager 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 water Use of itch-producing ointment Man given ride on a hemp-dresser

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