34 motifs match “jokes”  ·  back to the chapters

• The four characteristics of wine. Devil helps Noah plant vineyard and kills various animals over it. These illustrate the four qualities of wine. peacock: brilliant colors; ape: jokes; lion: boldness; hog: drunkenness. A2851
• Revenge by interrupting feast. A rabbi who has been inhospitably treated is afterwards invited to dinner. He keeps the guests so amused by his jokes that they fail to eat and the feast is spoiled. J1564.2
• Jokes about millers. (Cf. P443.) X210
• Jokes about tailors. (Cf. P441.) X220
• Jokes about butchers. X230
• Jokes about cobblers (shoemakers). X240
• Ugly cobbler continually threatens to throw his last at people. The object of jokes. X241
• Jokes about other artisans and tradesmen. X250
• Jokes on weavers. (Cf. P445.) X251
• Jokes about barbers. X252
• Jokes on fishermen. X253
• Jokes on lawyers. (Cf. P422.) X310
• Miscellaneous jokes about lawyers. X319
• Jokes on magistrates. (Cf. P421.) X330
• Jokes on teachers. X350
• Jokes on scholars. X370
• Jokes on doctors. X372
• Jokes on parsons. X410
• Jokes on monks. X457
• Jokes on parsons – miscellaneous. X459
• Jokes on fortune-tellers. X461
• Jokes concerning usurers. X510
• Jokes concerning prostitutes. X520
• Jokes concerning beggars. X530
• Jokes on madmen. X540
• Jokes on secret societies. X550
• Jokes on freemasons. X551
• Jokes about travelers. X583
• Jokes about hunters. X584
• Jokes concerning Jews. X610
• Jokes concerning other races or nations. X650
• Jokes concerning various cities. X680
• Jokes on old maids. X750
• Jokes on courtship. X760