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- Tabu: poets to be ignorant of national literature. C568.1
- Sheep and ignorant shearer. Had rather die than suffer longer from him. J229.2
- The bookman and the boatman: each ignorant of other's work. Bookman's swimming saves their lives. J251.1
- Why ignorant priests are favored. They can always find patrons as ignorant as they are. J1263.1.1
- Consecration of the ignorant priest. A bishop disgusted with priest's ignorance says, "Who consecrated you as priest?" – "You did, the time I gave you ten florins." J1263.1.2
- Christ's disciples did not pass the examination. Ignorant student unable to pass his examination thus consoles himself. J1263.1.4
- Stupid (ignorant) Brahmin. J1705.2
- The city person ignorant of the farm. J1731
- Foolish lover ignorant of mistress's flaws. J1737
- Ignorant priest forces rolls of cloth instead of bread down a dying man's throat. J1738.1
- Ignorant people told religious holiday is coming the next day: camel appears and is feasted. J1738.7
- Priests (schoolmasters) ignorant of Latin. J1741
- "Agnus dei" as a prayer for money. An ignorant schoolmaster interprets many of the texts of scripture as commands for the priests to live lives of luxury. J1741.2
- Foolish girl ignorant of what is happening at her first menses. J1745.2
- Ignorant notary cannot draw up document. The names of the participants are not the same as those in his sample form. J1749.2
- Ignorant bride castrates groom when jokingly told to do so. J1919.5.1
- Fool ignorant of value of jewel throws it away. J2093.3
- King ignorant of famine says the people can live on pulse (sugar) and rice. J2227.1
- Only husband remains ignorant about his wife's infidelity. J2342.5
- Fool's errand. An apprentice, or newcomer or ignorant person, etc., is sent for absurd or misleading or nonexistent object or on a ridiculous quest. J2346