Beschrijving
The Needle in the Pulpit (previously The Sexton Puts a Needle in the Sacramental Bread). (Including the previous Type 1836*.) A preacher has a habit of striking his hands on the pulpit (Bible, communion bread). Some boys (confirmation students, altar boys, students) want to play a trick on him. They stick needles into the edge of the pulpit (smear it with manure or butter).
The preacher poses a rhetorical question, “Who created the world?” (“What is our earthly life?”), strikes the pulpit, and hits a nail (the manure). He answers his question, “Those damn boys!” (“Shit!”) [X411.2].
The preacher poses a rhetorical question, “Who created the world?” (“What is our earthly life?”), strikes the pulpit, and hits a nail (the manure). He answers his question, “Those damn boys!” (“Shit!”) [X411.2].
Motief
X411.2
Commentaar
Documented since the late 19th century.
Combinaties
1785C, 1837.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1785B
Subgenre
mop