60 motifs match “parson”  ·  back to the chapters

• Lost parson says he would rather have devil for guide than clerk who is with him. Devil appears, causes death of both. C12.5.4
• Revenant as priest or parson. (Cf. E338.5, E417.) E425.2.3
• Parson's apology for not answering challenge: I have never regretted silence but have often regretted speech. J1074.1
• The sacrament for sale. Sick woman calls the parson but recovers meanwhile He insists on her taking the sacrament and charges for it. "Set it here on the table; perhaps I can sell it again." J1261.2.1
• Like Christ on Palm Sunday. Bishop has parson to dinner in the seat of honor. The parson fears that the dinner precedes punishment. Parson: "Don't let me be like Christ on Palm Sunday in Jerusalem" J1265.1
• The parson's share and the sexton's. During the sermon the parson bids the sexton see if anyone is coming. The sexton: "A man is coming with a wheel on his shoulder" J1269.1
• Where you got it last year. Parson tells borrower to get the corn at the same place as he got it last year. There is none there. "Then you didn't return it as you said you would, and there is none to lend you this year." J1381
• The Lord has Risen. A parson hides his money in a holy place and leaves a sign, "The Lord is in this Place." A thief takes the money and leaves a sign, "He is risen and is no longer here" J1399.1
• The hay wagon and the gate. A parson arriving late at a city gate asks if he can get in. Guard sees that he is fat and in fun says that he doesn't know. The parson: "Why not; doesn't the hay wagon get in?" J1411
• Keeping the secret. Man tells parson secret and asks him to keep it. The parson refuses; "If you can't keep the secret, you must not expect me to." J1482
• "If he does not live, let him die." The student as healer hangs this sign around the neck of a sick calf. Later as parson he is sick. It is proposed to heal him with the same remedy. J1513.1
• The fish in the sleeve. A particularly obnoxious man delays others while he haggles over prices with a butcher. Meanwhile a parson takes the three fish the man has laid down and puts them into his large sleeves. The man is angry and searches in vain for them. The parson then shows them and advises him not to let people cheat him. J1604
• The forehanded servant. A parson boasts that when he asks his maid if certain work is done she always answers that it has been done long ago. A guest wagers that she can be trapped if she is asked whether she has thrown the parson's suit of clothes into the tub of water. She overhears the wager and has the suit in the water before he asks the question. J1614
• Parson made to believe that he will bear a calf. In having his urine examined by a doctor, a cow's is substituted by mistake. (Or he dreams that he has borne a calf.) When a calf comes into the house he thinks that he has borne it. (Cf. J1734.1, K1955.2.) J2321.1
• Owners frightened away from goods by report of deadly epidemic. Poor parson thus rids himself of unwelcome guests; they leave food they have brought. K335.0.2
• Thief places candles on crabs (bugs). When they are turned loose in the churchyard the parson and the sexton think that they are the souls of the dead. Meanwhile the thief steals from them. K335.0.5.1
• The stingy parson and the slaughtered pig. The stingy parson does not want to give any one a part of his pig, which he has just slaughtered. The sexton advises him to hang the pig up in the garden over night so as to make everyone think that it has been stolen. The sexton steals it himself. K343.2.1
• Cow makes a hundred-fold return. The trickster has a cow that leads the parson's cows to him. He thus tests the parson's text, "He who gives in God's name shall have it back a hundred-fold." K366.1.1
• Parson deceived into marrying his intended bride to her real lover. The parson thinks it is a mock-wedding, but it turns out to be real. K1371.1.1
• Sham parson (priest). K1961.1
• Sham parson repeats same expression over and over or says a few words of Latin. K1961.1.2
• Sham parson: the sawed pulpit. He has sawed the pulpit almost through. He predicts a miracle. The pulpit falls down. K1961.1.3
• Parson is tricked into giving up his room. Is told there is a snake in it. K2335
• Card-playing parson. The parson plays cards all Saturday night, goes to sleep at church, and calls out the names of the cards. N5
• Wager: to begin sermon with illustration from card-playing. Card-playing parson wins the wager. N71
• Parson (priest). P426.1
• The deaf parson. The youth answers unintelligibly but is praised nevertheless. X111.12
• Jokes on parsons. X410
• Parson put to flight during his sermon. X411
• Sexton's dog steals sausage from parson's pocket: parson flees. X411.1
• Sexton puts needle in sacramental bread: parson sticks his hand. X411.2
• Sexton arranges wasp-nest so that parson sits on it. Wasps chase him. X411.3
• One-eyed parson in dimly lighted church joins the wrong couples. Marries the old man to the girl and the old woman to the boy. X413
• Parson rides ox into church. He wants to show how Christ rode into Jerusalem. Sexton sticks ox with needle. X414
• The hog in church. Locked in church all week by mistake. When the congregation comes, the hog runs between the parson's legs and carries him out. X415
• Parson preaches so that half the congregation weeps and half laughs. Has clothes torn in the back. Those that see this laugh. He wins the wager. X416
• Parson smears his hand with butter. Rascals have spread butter on the altarbread. The parson preaches, "What is the life of man?" and therewith brings his hand down on the altar-bread: "Pure butter!" X417
• Parson is to let a dove fly in the church. It dies in his pocket. X418
• At the blessing of the grave the parson's ox breaks loose: "Now the devil has him." X421
• The corpse with his feet cut off. The coffin-maker has fitted him to the coffin. The parson: "On the last day he will arise." One of the coffin-makers: "Did I say that?" X422
• 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!" X424
• The parson who said there is no devil. The bear-showman lets the bear climb up the pulpit. The parson thinks the bear is the devil. X425
• The hungry parson and the porridge-pot. Overnight at the peasant's house. The hungry parson hunts the porridge in the dark, guided by a rope the sexton has given him. Series of accidents. X431
• The parson put out of countenance. X434
• The large loaves need a large oven. Parson says that the loaves with which Jesus fed the people in the wilderness were as large as the mountains. The mason asks what kind of oven they were baked in. X434.1
• Grace before meat. The parson asks the boy: "What does your father say when you begin to eat?" Boy: "You young devil, etc." X434.2
• The boy applies the sermon. Makes a present application of the words of the parson. X435
• Parson "Where did the father stay?" – "He stayed to hold the oxen." X435.2
• Parson: Where was Christ when he was neither in heaven nor on earth? – He was in the willow-grove looking for a stick to beat those who ask foolish questions. X435.3
• Sermon about the rich man. A boy rides with a rich man. Goes into church and leaves his coat lying on the sled. When the parson preaches about the rich man who went to hell, the boy calls out, "Then he took my coat along!" X435.5
• The parson sings like a goat. The parson sees an old woman weeping and believes that she is touched by his singing. When spoken to she says that she has been reminded of her old goat which she has lost. X436
• The dream: all parsons in hell. The smith tells the parson whom he has summoned that he has dreamed of going to heaven where St. Peter would not admit him before he saw a parson. There were no parsons in heaven, but all in hell. X438
• Parson and sexton at mass. Parson intones instructions to the sexton (cook) as a part of the mass. X441
• Parson's poor horsemanship. X443
• Parson refreshes himself during the sermon. X445
• Parson takes a drink of liquor during the sermon. (Cf. X111.13.) X445.1
• Parson takes a chew of tobacco during the sermon. X445.2
• The parson has no need to preach. Those who know may teach those who don't know. X452
• Jokes on parsons – miscellaneous. X459
• Usurers do not reply. The parson asks the various trades and professions to rise one by one for a special blessing. When he calls for the usurers none reply. X512