Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

1698I: Visiting the Sick

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1525-1724: Stories about a Man > 1675-1724: The Stupid Man > 1698I: Visiting the Sick

Description

A deaf man plans a conversation with expected answers as he goes to visit the sick. The answers turn out otherwise. - A. How are you? - B. I am dead. - A. Thank God! What have you eaten? - B. Poison, I think. - A. I hope it agrees with you. [X111.9].

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