Beschrijving
The Clergyman’s Rhetorical Question Misunderstood (previously Application of the Sermon). (Including the previous Type 1833**.) This miscellaneous type consists of various anecdotes in which a person (who arrives late to church) thinks that he has to answer a rhetorical question posed by the clergyman during the sermon [X435].
For example in some (German) variants, during the Easter service, the clergyman asks about the disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24,13): “Who were these two who went there?” Someone in the congregation thinks he is asking about two men on the village street and answers, “Two butchers.”
Or, the clergyman warns against dying while drunk, because such a person will be buried drunk and be drunk still on Judgment Day. A listener remarks that it must be powerful wine, since it makes one drunk for so long [cf. J1321.1].
For example in some (German) variants, during the Easter service, the clergyman asks about the disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24,13): “Who were these two who went there?” Someone in the congregation thinks he is asking about two men on the village street and answers, “Two butchers.”
Or, the clergyman warns against dying while drunk, because such a person will be buried drunk and be drunk still on Judgment Day. A listener remarks that it must be powerful wine, since it makes one drunk for so long [cf. J1321.1].
Motief
X435
J1321.1
Commentaar
The form with the warning against dying drunk was documented at the end of the 12th century as an Arabian anecdote.
Combinaties
1699, 1825.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1833
Subgenre
mop