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- Wit combat. Test in repartee. H507
- Princess offered to man who can defeat her in repartee. H507.1
- Princess defeated in repartee by means of objects accidentally picked up. E. g., Hero: What red lips you have! Princess: There is fire inside. – Hero: Then boil this egg (producing egg). H507.1.0.1
- King defeated in repartee by boy, who thus wins girl. Boy: "Who would give a man a bath, feed him his rice, and then bring him the tamal-pan to chew?" King: "No one but a wife." Boy claims minister's daughter. H507.1.0.2
- Humiliated lover in repartee with disdainful mistress. (Cf. K1225.1, K1326.1.) J1251.1
- Repartee based on church or clergy. J1260
- Repartee based on levity toward sacred persons and things. J1261
- Repartee based on doctrinal discussions. J1262
- Repartee: "If you can't see the soul in the living man, how can you expect to see it in the dead?" retorts wise man to atheist. J1262.7
- Repartee concerning clerical abuses. J1263
- Repartee based on clerical ignorance. J1263.1
- Repartee concerning clerical venality. (Cf. J1192, J1263.1.2.) J1263.2
- Repartee concerning clerical luxury. J1263.4
- Repartee concerning clerical incontinence. J1264
- Repartee based on church government. J1265
- Repartee based on church or clergy – miscellaneous. J1269
- Repartee concerning the parentage of children. J1270
- Repartee regarding the parentage of children – miscellaneous. J1279
- Repartee with ruler (judge, etc.). J1280
- Repartee with ruler (judge, etc.) – miscellaneous. J1289
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