FFC 90
1200—1999 Joke and anecdote.
145
| 1737. | Cf Mt 1535 V a. |
| 1741. | Timoneda, Alivio de caminantes 2 no 51 in BAE 3, 181. 1846; see BP II 130. as 1. LRAC no 62 (Fisherman invites priest to dine. His wife eats all the fish). |
(1775—[1799] Parson and sexton).
| 1775. | Cf Mt 1363* A. |
| 1785 C. Cf Mt *1787 A. | |
| *1787 A. Sacristan breaks saint's statue while cleaning it on eve of saint's day. Sacristan offers his son to pose as saint but priest insists shoemaker's son more closely resembles saint. Boy dressed as saint winks and women believe it to be a miracle. Sacristan sets wasps on him and he runs out of church. People believe it to be a miracle. as 1. LRAC no 76. Cf Mt 1785 C. | |
| B. | Nuns break saint's statue while cleaning it. They send it to carpenter to be repaired. His wife's lover hides in box and is taken to convent in place of saint's statue [K 1971.3]. Nuns notice he has a moustache and start to take it off but he jumps up and flees. They beg him to return. ar 1. ECPE no 42. |
| C. | Sacristan takes place of statue of Christ. Man of riotous living impressed by this lifelike statue is moved to repent and confesses his sins with sacristan's wife before statue. Sacristan pales and says, "If I were not playing this divine role, I should cut you up right here". an 1. CCA p. 126. |
| 1791. | as 1. LRAC no 54. 2. CTA p. 198 (Sacristan and his cousin go for their buried treasure). |
