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Motifs
- Devil appears to scholar. G303.6.2.10
- Literary contest won by deception: he who will be first silenced is the loser. When the false teacher answers in nonsense syllables, the true scholar is speechless and so loses contest. H507.6
- Scholar given third egg. A scholar, showing his skill in logic, proves that two chickens (or eggs) on the table are really three. His father (or host) takes one chicken for himself, gives the other to the mother, tells son that he can have the third one. J1539.2
- Stupid scholar memorizes set answers to oral examination in Latin. The questions are not given in the order he expects; comic results. J1741.3.1
- Scholar speaks Latin on hunt so that the birds cannot understand him. J1894
- Scholar disguised as a rustic along road answers questions of school inspector in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew. K1816.0.4
- Fox disguised as scholar. K1822.2
- Many books do not make a scholar. U111
- Many books do not make a scholar: youth tricks mother by carrying many books. U111.1
- Jokes on scholars. X370