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

1738: The Dream: All Parsons in Hell

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1725-1849: Jokes about Clergymen and Religious Figures > 1725-1774: The Clergyman is Tricked > 1738: The Dream: All Parsons in Hell

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The smith, who is sick, sends for the parson, whoAT first refuses to come on account of bad weather. When he arrives the smith says that he has dreamed that he went to heaven, where St. Peter would not admit him before he saw a priest. There were no…

Variants

1738A. What does God do?

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
All Priests Go To Hell 1738 Mexican Internet Archive
Crowdy of Highworth 1738 British Internet Archive
De pastoar fan Boekelo 1738 Netherlands 1977 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Dream 1738 German Internet Archive
Myn kryt is op 1738 Netherlands 1973 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Old Charley Creed 1738 British Internet Archive
Old Charley Creed 1738 English Internet Archive
Parson's Meeting 1738 English Internet Archive
Three Premiers who went to Heaven 1738 English Internet Archive
Two Chaps who went to Heaven 1738 English Internet Archive

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