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Prevuius group

Group No. 242


Letter

X. Humor

Group No.

X600 – X699

Group name

Humor concerning races or nations

Description

X600. Humor concerning races or nations.
 
X610. Jokes concerning Jews.
 
X611. How the Jews were drawn from heaven. Someone cries, Clothes are being auctioned off in hell. *Type 2403; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 1868*; cf. U.S.: Baughman (X597.1, X902).
 
X613. Trickster breaks up Jewish marriage ceremony and seduces the bride. (Cf. K1371.) Italian Novella: Rotunda.
 
X650. Jokes concerning other races or nations.
 
X651. Battle between lice of Strassburg and of Hungary. Hungarians win. Wesselski Bebel II 149 No. 160.
 
X652. Learning the Bavarian language. A caretaker of an estate recently sold to a Bavarian sits among the swine so as to learn Bavarian. *Wesselski Bebel I 201 No. 80.
 
X661. Why Arabians are liars. Hermes and his wagon of lies break down in Arabia. Wienert FFC LVI 39; Halm Aesop No. 141.
 
X680. Jokes concerning various cities.
 
X681. Blason populaire. Despiteful names used by one city for another. P. SР№billot and H. Gaidoz Le Blason Populaire de la France.

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