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- The fatal bed. A sailor says that all his ancestors have drowned. Citizen: "Aren't you afraid of drowning?" Sailor: "How did your ancestors die?" Citizen: "All of them in bed." Sailor: "Aren't you afraid to go to bed?" J1474
- Taking cold in effigy. A traitor is hanged in effigy naked. Later the citizens sue for peace and arrange a meeting. They find him in a hot room swathed with many blankets. He says that he has taken cold when the night wind blew on him as he hung naked from the gallows. J1628
- Bargain: woman rides naked through streets to obtain freedom for citizens. Godiva. M235
- Common citizen saves the honor of his country. Gives his own funds. P711.3
- Hospitality of a citizen saves a city from destruction. (Cf. Q45.) Q152.1