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Motifs
- Clever verbal retorts – general. J1250
- 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
- Retorts from hungry persons. J1340
- Rude retorts. J1350
- Rude retorts – miscellaneous. J1369
- Cynical retorts concerning honesty. J1370
- Retorts concerning debts. J1380
- Retorts concerning thefts. J1390
- Retorts concerning thefts – miscellaneous. J1399
- A cynic's retorts. J1442
- Retorts between husband and wife. (Cf. J1532.1.) J1540
- Husband tells wife in indecent posture to "lock up shop". She retorts that he has the key. J1545.5
- Practical retorts: borrowers and lenders. J1550
- Miscellaneous retorts concerning borrowing and lending. J1559
- Practical retorts: hosts and guests. J1560
- Practical retorts connected with almsgiving. J1580
- Practical retorts – miscellaneous. J1600
- Son of God to see king. When steadily unable to be admitted to presence of a king, a clever man demands an interview saying he is the son of God come down to earth and will condescend to see the king. When asked to show the king Heaven and the path to it, the pretender retorts that when he was sent down by the Father, he was told to look to matters relating to this earth. J1675.8