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

1806: Will Lunch with Christ

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1725-1849: Jokes about Clergymen and Religious Figures > 1800-1849: Other Jokes about Religious Figures > 1806: Will Lunch with Christ

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Priest tells condemned man after confession that he will dine with Christ that evening. The mule that carries him to the scaffold goes very fast and the criminal says, »At this rate I shall lunch with Christ.» [J1261.3].

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