FFC 90
1200—1999 Joke and anecdote.
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| B. | as 1. LRAC no 42: Mt 1030 (Cf Mt 9 B) + Mt 1653 B (Fool, under pretext of shaving them, cuts out thieves' tongues as they return one by one) + Mt 1535 II, V a b. | |
| *1654. | Fool sees thieves stealing jewels from corpse in church. He frightens them away and takes jewels. He shows them to shepherds who steal them from him as soon as he goes to sleep. as 1. CTA p. 182: Mt *1684 + Mt *1654 (Cf Mt *1716) + Mt *1683 A (Cf Mt 1382—3). | |
| 1655. | as 1. LRAC no 47: I a (Children eat sweets and man gets cow as damages), II a (Cow strays off with others and he gets daughter) b, III b (Cf Mt 311 *B). | |
| 1660. | Cf Mt 1585—Mt 1594. | |
1675—[1709] Stupid.
| *1683 A. Shepherds shave fool and cut his hair while he is asleep. He wakes up and does not recognize himself [J 2012]. He returns to his village and asks if he has arrived yet. He is told that he has not. He concludes that he is himself and goes to tend his sheep. as 1. CTA p. 182: Mt *1684 + Mt *1654 (Cf Mt *1716) + Mt *1683 A (Cf Mt 1382—3). | |
| B. | Old woman sends husband to market to buy pig. She sews yellow patch on his pants so that he will not get lost. He sees another man with patch exactly like his. He returns home immediately and tells wife he thought he was not himself but now that he is home he realizes that he is himself [J 2012]. as 1. LRAC no 85. |
| *1684. | Fool goes to court but his brother is ashamed of him and locks him in a dark room. He is told it |
