Index Exemplorum: A Handbook of Medieval Religious Tales

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FF COMMUNICATIONS No. 204

INDEX EX EM PLO RU M A HANDBOOK OF MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS TALES BY

F R E D E R IC C. TU B A C H

H E L S I N K I 1969 SUOMALAINEN TIEDEAKATEMIA AKADEMIA SCIE NTIA RUM FENNICA

Presented at the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters by Martti Haavio and Lauri Hakulinen on May 12, 1967

HELSINKI 1969

LIIKEKIRJAPAINO OY

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A pp e n d ix 1: I ntro d u ction to th e I ndex E xemplorum ............. 517 A pp e n d ix 2: L ists of A bbreviations a n d S ources ....................... 524 L ist of A bbreviations of th e P rimary S ources ....................... 524 L ist of th e M ost F req u en tly C ited J ournals or P ublica ­ t io n -S eries .................................................................................................... 525 L ist of A bbreviations of th e M ost F r eq u en tly C ited S econdary L itera ture and R elated S ources o f T ales ... 526

ARCHER TAYLOR MAGISTRO ATQUE AMICO

PREFACE This annotated Handbook of Medieval Religious Tales was originally suggested to me by Professor Archer Taylor of the University of Cali­ fornia in Berkeley. He stood by me during the last six years with expert advice and kind encouragement whenever the task seemed hopelessly large and complex. Dedicating this book to him is but a small expression of my gratitude. Mrs. K. Larson-Gelus and Mrs. C. Walter have provided their valu­ able help during the early stages of the book in surveying collections and collating variants of tales. I owe a debt of gratitude to Miss Joan Piurek, graduate student in comparative literature at the University of California in Berkeley, who for more than a year worked very hard in helping me bring this project to a conclusion and who has become an expert in medieval religious tales in her own right. The University of California has supported me faithfully with early research funds and the Philosophical Society of America extended a generous loan to insure continued progress. Finally, I would like to thank my wife Muriel for enduring many boxes of yellow slips in our home and for helping me in proof-reading the finished manuscript. Frederic C. Tubach Berkeley, California February 22, 1969

INDEX EXEMPLORUM 1 Abbacy given to infamous man. A Cistercian prior names as successor to the dead abbot an infamous man, thinking thus to make his own election certain. His nominee, however, is elected. Caes. IV, 20; H358 #90, H366 #9. 2 Abbess delivered by the Virgin. (Var.) A pregnant abbess is secretly delivered of her child by the Virgin Mary and is saved from shame, a) The child is nourished by a hind, b) The child is baptized by Christ, c) The mother is a Spanish matron. Alpha #13; EdeB #135; H69 #109, H326 #15, H333 #1, H341 #13, H395 #371, H547 #100, H565 #75, H676 #7, H691 #59, H716 #12; Recull #11; Viaticum #50; Wright #38; S.T.: T401.1. — Toldo, Archiv, V III, p. 74; Ward II, 626, 740. 3 Abbess followed by church officials. A monk, followed by beggars, rebu­ kes an abbess who is followed by chattering church officials. Caes. VI, 517. 4 Abbess gives child to hermit. An abbess is hated by the nuns for her strict discipline. She falls into temptation and bears a child which is given to a hermit. The bishop, hearing her confession, leaves the child with the hermit and the child succeeds him as bishop. EdeB #135; Lib. Ex #54; M L #44; Wright #38; S.T.: M175, T401.1. 5 Abbess led before God. A pious abbess is led before God after her death and fails to return after thirty days as she had promised. Caes. XII, 43. 6 Abbey founded by rich man. A rich man, who founds an abbey, consults his wife about the cost, but she tells him that he has only God to reckon with. H465 #13. 7 Abbot, attempts to depose. Some monks, claiming that their abbot is unsuitable, attempt to depose him. Another monk, rebuking them, calls this action unsuitable. Mensa 32.152 (Dunn, p. 44). 8 Abbot calls self sinner. »Your abbot is a sinner too,» an abbot tells monks who demand that he cast forth a sinning monk. Enx(G) #157; Herzstein, pp. 218—219; S.T.: J1269.26, Q222.3, V235, V235.3. — VP col. 909—910. 9 Abbot complains of servitude. An abbot says that his office brings him only punishment: he is the servant of the monks rather than their master. They then command him to feast them and to depart since they don’t wish his services. Mensa 32.151 (Dunn, p. 44). 10 Abbot confesses to younger abbot. An abbot is moved by the con­ fession of a younger abbot to confess to the latter. Caes. Ill, 48. 11 Abbot counsels brother. A brother, complaining of sinful thoughts, asks the abbot for counsel. Klapper, Erz. #162. 12 Abbot, one-eyed, blessed. A one-eyed abbot is blessed by the Virgin in church. Caes. VII, 11. 13 Abbot, plain man as. A justice leaves in scorn when he discovers that the abbot he has travelled to see is only a plain man clothed in

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sackcloth. Alpha #764; Enx(M) # 5 ; H68 #96; Odo(P) #91 (Herv. IV, p. 300); Recull #705; S.T.: J916. — Archiv. CXIX (1907), p. 351; VP cols. 782, 907, 908. 14 Abbot prepares for death. Just as bailiffs prepare their accounts for audit, abbots resign and become monks in order to prepare for death. H560 #16. 15 Abbot, promotion of. Before his promotion, an abbot fasts on bread and water and eats only a little meat and fish. After he becomes abbot, he claims that he ate small fish in order that he might, as abbot, eat large ones. EdeB #408-var., cf. #269; H554 #170, H573 #202, H669 #290; JdeV(Crane) #70; ML #82; cf. Pauli #500, #700; Wright #98. 16 Abbot, severe, beaten by monks, a.) An innocent monk becomes such a severe abbot that he is beaten by the monks. He then begins a benign rule. Seelentrost (German) 193, 22; Throst (Swed.) 283,19, Trost (Dan.) 35, 24. b.) A nun in her youth is happy and liked by many nuns. After she becomes an abbess, she is very strict. She is told, »It is well for you that you gave away your virginity in your youth, for if you had it now you would despair.» Mensa 39.189 (Dunn, p. 50); M L #38. 17 Abbot, simplicity of. An abbot confounds his adversaries with his simplicity and they renounce the property for which they have been contending. Alpha #11; Caes. VI, 11; Recull #10. 18 Abbot, successor of predicted. The death and successorship of an abbot are seen in a vision by a clairvoyant nun. Caes. XI, 30. 19 Abbot tempted to entrap monks. The devil tempts an abbot to make new rules in order to trap his monks. H61 #18. 20 Abbot too harsh, a.) A dead monk appears to an abbot and bids him be less harsh to penitents. H484 #65. b.) An abbot is proved by a theologian, before the king, to have less charity than a palfry. H415 #2. 21 Abbots, stern and mild. Because of his sternness an abbot was not supported by his monks; another abbot was not supported because the monks thought him too negligent. A third abbot was refused the monastery since it was said that the Holy Ghost appeared in the form of fire and of a dove but in no other form. Mensa 32.149 (Dunn, p. 44). 22 Abdication, papal. Pope Colestine V abdicates to become a hermit again when the ambitious Boniface VIII, aspiring to the papacy, in­ vents a golden letter from heaven in which papal abdication is allowed Aev. #22. 23 Abraham and wife Sarah. Seelentrost (German) 256, 13; Throst (Swed.) 271, 11; Trost (Dan.) 110, 6. 24 Absalom. Seelentrost (German) 126, 25; Throst (Swed.) 182, 8. 25 Abscess cured by laughing. A bishop teaches a woman to diagnose diseases by looking at the scraps of food around the bed of the sick per­ son. After she becomes famous as a physician, the bishop develops an

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abscess in his throat. Visiting him, she can find nothing but hog food around his bed and says that he has eaten too much of it. The bishop laughs so hard that the abscess bursts. (See also: 374). Mensa 42.211 (Dunn, p. 53); M L #13; Aa-Th.: 1641B; Moser-Rath #183; S.T.: N641. — Nasreddin #167. 26 Absolution for murder of priest. Three clerks leave the church in which they have been serving and become hermits. Through one of the clerk’s mediation with the Virgin, a knight obtains absolution from a priest he had murdered. H341 #11. 27 Absolution, pilgrim revived for. A dying pilgrim is refused absolution because of the enormity of his sins. At his funeral he sits up on his bier and says that he has been sent back to life to receive absolution. (See also: 337, 619, 2635.) H476 #65. 28 Absolution, prayer at deathfor. A man on his deathbed prays to God to find out whether he has sinned to the extent of being denied abso­ lution. Pelbart #158. 29 Absolution, worth of. A dead monk returns in a vision to tell his abbot that absolution is of worth even if granted after death. Recull #15. 30 Abstinence and longevity. Pelbart #197. 31 Abstinence, conquers desire. Abstinence takes away the desire for food, drink, and sleep. Alpha #19. — Pat. Lat. XLIX, col. 550. 32 Abstinence, extremes of forbidden. A monk given to extreme absti­ nence is forbidden to go beyond what is ordered and at once begins to find that it is more than he can endure. H657 #147. 33 Abstinence,fifty years. A monk, lamenting that he has been persuaded to eat meat after fifty years’ abstinence, is visited by an angel who tells him that a nun yielded to temptation so far as to order, a dish of meat to be set before her. When she lifted the cover, she found three live raven chicks in the dish. H594 #131. 34 Abstinence from meat. A monk is punished for eating meat on Good Friday by never being able to eat it again. Alpha #347; Caes. X, 18; H364 #158; Recull #299. 35 Abstinence from spices. A religious man who abstains from spices places them before him but never touches them. Alpha #23; Recull #19; S.T.: V262.2.1. — Toldo, Archiv CXIX, p. 355. 36 Abstinence, indiscreet. A monk is criticized for loudly proclaiming his abstinence and is told that he might better have eaten his meat in his cell. (See also: 4158). Alpha #20; Recull #16. 37 Abstinence, miraculous. The miraculous abstinence of three men on Easter. Spec. Laic. #1. 38 Abstinence, moderate. The devil tries to starve a holy saint by urging her to continue abstinence, but she wisely chooses moderate abstinence and eats in spite of him. Alpha #21; Recull #17. 39 Abstinence, pride in, reproved. H517 #111. — VP col. 866. 40 Abstinence, rigid, broken. A widow breaks her rule of rigid abstinence in obedience to her confessor, who has consulted the devil on how to

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seduce her. This almost gives the devil mastery over her, but she makes her friends bind her. On another occasion she refuses unconsecrated bread from a priest and says, »Hic non est Dominus meus.» H662 #214. 41 Accusers, boxed on ear. A student tells his master that the latter had manifested a Solomonian decision by giving two accusers a box on the ear. Aev. #87bis. 42 Achan’s hidden treasure. Three biblical examples: 1) Achan’s hidden treasure; 2) Pharisee and Publican, and 3) Ananias and Sapphira. H284 #58—60, H311 #62—64. — Arnould, Peekes, p. 180 #58—60. 43 Achilles, among women. Achilles among the women and the fall of Troy. Gesta(I) #51; Gesta(O) #156; H133 #117, H158 #20, H168 #12, H178 #142, H688 #15; Katona #156; Violier #128. — Frazer, Pausanias II, p. 266. 44 Acontius and Cydippe. H687 #12. 45 Actor and thieves. An actor told thieves that he did not see how they could find anything in his house at night, when he could find nothing during the day. H711 #21; Mensa 16.62 (Dunn, p. 29); ML #134; S.T.: J1392.2, J2223. 46 Actor, entry with devil. A steward asks an actor seeking entrance who his master is; the actor answers that he is with God. The steward replies that if he has no other master, he may not enter. Claiming that he is with the devil, the actor is received. Wright #143. 47 Actors, bad, prelates as. An actor wishes that all prelates were bad actors so that they might be ineffective. Tab. Ex. #257. 48 Actors, unpraiseworthy. Actors are like those who do not want to work, but only wish to eat, deride, and judge the virtues of others without doing anything praiseworthy themselves. Tab. Ex. #202. 49 Adder aspaternity test. An adder approaches St. Paul without harming him. It is used later as a test of paternity. Alpha #604; cf. H168 #16; Recull #532. 50 Adder found in wilderness. Two religious brothers are unharmed by an adder which they find in the wilderness and bring back with them. Alpha #377; Recull #327. 51 Admetus and Alcestis. H160 #51, HI 75 #100. — Kittredge, p. 445 #106. 52 Adrian, St., passion of. H514 #50. 53 Adulterer admonishes priest. An adulterer tells a priest that the latter should also walk before the cross since he too has illegitimate children, cf. Mensa 22.96 (Dunn, pp. 35—36); Pauli #71. 54 Adulterer, appointment with bishop. An adulterer rejoiced at the death of a bishop since he was freed from an appointment with him. However, the adulterer dies on the very day of the appointment. Aev. 55 Adulterer disfigured. A knight became disfigured after committing adultery. Pelbart #244, #290. 56 Adulterer inflames appears to mistress. (See also: 2449). EdeB #466.

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57 Adulterer pray five Aves. The priest has an adulterer pray five Aves. His wife sees him wounded in a dream and healed by five roses. (See also: 423—439). Pauli #286. 58 Adulterers attacked by lion. A lion always recognizes and attacks adulterers. H19 #151; JdeV(Crane) #234 bis; M L #62. 59 Adulteress and hot iron. An adulteress who has confessed handles a hot iron with impunity, but she relapses and is burned by a cold iron. Caes. X, 35; H401 #502, H483 #57, H609 #39. 60 Adulteressfalls in mud. An adulteress falls in the mud at her lover’s door and then under the pretext of cleaning her dress goes into his house. Mensa 17.70 (Dunn, p. 31) EdeB #457; H18 #145, H507 #56; JdeV (Crane) #230; ML #19; Wright #12; S.T.: K1524. — Hassel, Nouvelles, p. 82 #16; Kiichler, Zs.fr.Spr.u.Litt., 30.290; Zs. 7, 376 #95. 61 Adulteress hurled from rock. An adulteress is punished by being hurled from a high rock, but escapes injury; she pleads that she cannot be punished twice for the same offence. H162 #77, H215 #86, H235 # 3 H266 #59; Katona # 3 ; Violier # 3 ; S.T.: J1184.1. 62 Adulteress, revealed in confession. A confessor to whom the name of an adulteress has been mentioned entreats her to confess fully; she answers that the confessor is accusing her of adultery. When he pleads with her, she finally becomes penitent. Caes. Ill, 31. 63 Adulteress, torments of. In a vision of hell, a man sees the torments of an impenitent adulteress. H594 #141. 64 Adultery and illegitimate offspring. An adulterous affair may bring an inheritance to illegitimate offspring, while legitimate offspring are disinherited in the process. In a marriage in which the partners are faithful to one another, God converts water into wine. Tab. Ex. #163. 65 Adultery, compared to hate. Adultery is compared to hate through which people draw each other down to hell. Such people are like flames devouring each other. EdB #450. 66 Adultery, penaltyfor. A man, his wife, and their penalty for adultery. Spec. Laic. #25. 67 Adultery, woman falsely accused of. A seneschal convinces the emperor through false tokens that he has committed adultery with the emperor’s wife. The latter clears herself, however, when the seneschal, who has never seen her, does not recognize her. (See also: 3814, 4023). MdM #46. — Hilka, Compilatio, M.S. 33b; Liungman #712. 68 Adultery, written on queen’s robe. A queen confesses only trivial faults, but her confessor, a Franciscan, sees it written on her robe that she has just committed adultery and extorts a full confession. H663 #218. 69 Adversity, constant in. A man should be constant in adversity, like a vessel which does not break on falling. H I82 #46. 70 Advice, given for grapes. King Solomon, when still a boy, gives three pieces of advice to a man for three grapes: not to cross a bridge on

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horseback, not to ride with a stranger more than one-half mile without asking his name, and not to bet more than a penny. Gesta(O) #103; MdM #32; Aa-Th: 910B; S.T.: J21.7, J21.8, J21.ll. — Espinosa, Cuentos II, p. 271ff; Ginzberg, Jewish Folklore, p. 100; Hilka, Compilatio, p. 9f. 71 Advice, kept in heart. A philosopher keeps advice in his heart (rather than in his head) and thus arrives at better judgment. Tab. Ex. #31. 72 Advice, of father, tested. A son tests three pieces of advice given to him by his father and finds them valid: not to buy anything someone else wants, not to visit friends too often, and not to marry a woman who does not come from his parish. (See also: 70). MdM #31. — Derrer, zjs.d.Hist.Ver.f.Sch.u.Neu. XXXI, 108; Espinosa, Cuentos II, p. 287ff; Liungman #910. 73 Afterlife, affirmed. A monk who did not believe in an afterlife changed his mind when the soul of the prior to whom he had just given last rites appeared to him, followed by Christ, the Virgin and the saints. Libri viii (Caes.) 26 (III). 74 Agar and Sara. Nicole #33b. 75 Agathon denies heresy. Agathon admits all sins imputed to him except that of heresy. H583 #16. — VP cols. 751, 913. 76 Agathonus, St., and damnation. Concerning St. Agathonus in the Vitae Patrum and his fear of damnation. Pelbart #151. 77 Aglais and Bonifacius. Aglais and Bonifacius live a sinful life until the former founds a church and the latter dies a martyr’s death by defying Diocletian. Aev. #4. 78 Aholah and Aholibah. Laymen and clergy are like the sister's Aholah and Aholibah. JdeV(Crane) #16 bis. 79 Aiden, St., gives away horse. H515 #67, H538 #9. 80 Aircastle andjar of honey. Enx(G) #29; S.T.: J2061.1.— Chauvin II 7; Knust, p. 316ff. (notes). 81 Albigensians, child defends self against. A pious child defends him­ self against the attacks of Albigensians who accuse him of worshipping the cross. EdeB #328. 82 Albigensians confuse missionaries. Albigensians confuse Christians in disputations, by concentrating on the disreputable lives of prelates rather than on the Christian faith. EdeB #251. 83 Albigensians confused by jester. EdeB #169. 84 Albigensians destroy altars and crucifix. Caes. V, 214. 85 Albigensians, ideas and practices of. EdeB #348. 86 Albigensians, indulgences earned by service against. EdeB #29; H494 #195; Spec. Laic. #327a. 87 Albigensians, origin of. EdeB #344. 88 Alcazar, victory at. Saints appear in the air before Alcazar and help the Christians to obtain victory. Caes. V III, 66. 89 Alchemist gets money for gold. An alchemist receives money from a king to whom he gives material he pretends to have turned into

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gold. Enx(G) # 8 ; S.T.: K111.4. — Arlotto I, pp. 181-—186 # 5 ; Knust, p. 35If (notes). 90 Alexander advised by Parmenyon. Alexander, given goods by the defeated Darius, asks his knight Parmenyon what he should do. The latter says that he would accept them and Alexander replies that he would do the same if he were merely Parmenyon. Enx(G) #188. 91 Alexander affected by vice of teacher Leonides. Tab. Ex. #32. 92 Alexander and Amazons. The mountain of gods and the Amazons encountered by Alexander. Seelentrost (German) 269, 21; Thrust (Swed.) 387, 14; Trost (Dan.) 127, 25. 93 Alexander and Anaximenes. Pelbart #119. 94 Alexander and Aristotle. M L #128; Wright #83. — Born Judas II, 319. 95 Alexander and battle. Alexander chooses wise old men to go into battle instead of young men who might flee rather than strive for victory. Alpha #104. 96 Alexander and Buccefagus (Bucephalus). Alexander tames a wild horse (Bucephalus) as he foreshadows his conquest of the world. Gesta(I) #77; Gesta(O) #36; H124 #46; H129 #83, H178 #147, H238 #30; Seelentrost (German) 260, 4; Thorst (Swed.) 375, 28; Trost 115, 6; Violier #35. 97 Alexander and candle. Alexander sets up a burning candle at court and announces that all who confess their faults while it burns will be forgiven. The others are punished. Gesta(O) #96; Pelbart #96; Violier #88. — R.W. Brednich, Fabula VI (1963), 159 n. 30, 31. 98 Alexander and Cassander. Alexander dreams that Cassander, whom he has never seen, will kill him. When he does see him, he drops the suspicion from his mind. It is believed, however, that he was killed by Cassander. Mensa 41.201 (Dunn, p. 51). 99 Alexander and father's friend. A friend of Alexander’s father leaves the court in poverty because the king will not aid him. Recalled by the king, he becomes the latter’s loyal servant. Klapper, Erz. #201. 100 Alexander and gift. A man, asking Alexander for a denarius, re­ ceives a city and claims that this gift is unsuitable for him. Alexander says that he (Alexander) must concern himself with what is suitable to give and not with what is suitable for another to receive. Herzstein #6. 101 Alexander and habits. Alexander cannot overcome the vicious habits of his youth. H379 #110. — Pat.Lat. XXII, col. 872. 102 Alexander and heir. Alexander will not bequeath his kingdom to an individual lest any become as powerful as he. Alpha #737; Recull #656. — Toldo, Archiv. CXVIII, p. 329. 103 Alexander and high priest. Alexander shows reverence to the high priest at Jerusalem. H387 #230 (Spec. Laic.). 104 Alexander and immortality. Philosophers ask Alexander for immorta­ lity. Alpha #514; Recull #450.

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105 Alexander and Lampsacus. Alexander made an oath that he will not do what he is asked to do by Anaximenes to destroy Lampsacus, an enemy of Alexander. Enx(G) #164; Pauli #508; S.T.: J1289.53, K1331, M203.1. — Burlaeus 273, note b; cf. Gidel, Nouvelles etudes, p. 368; Val. Max. VII, 3, ext. 4. 106 Alexander, and mother's adulterer. Alexander brings Pausanius, who has sinned with his mother, before the dying king Philip; the latter kills the adulterer with his sword. Seelentrost (German) 262, 9; Thrsot (Swed.) 378, 9; Trost (Dan.) 117, 22. 107 Alexander, and philosopher. A philosopher tells Alexander that he is extravagant and uncouth by nature but learning will make him simple and chaste. Tab.Ex. #105. 108 Alexander, and slayers. Alexander rewards the slayers of Darius by hanging them. H170 #34; Seelentrost (German) 265, 27; Throst (Swed.) 382, 17; Trost (Dan.) 122, 9. 109 Alexander, and wonders of India. Seelentrost (German) 267, 7; Throst (Swed.) 384, 11; Trost (Dan.) 124, 11. 110 Alexander, army of, plagued. Alexander’s army in India is plagued by scorpions, white lions with bulls’ bodies, and other monsters, includ­ ing a three-horned beast bigger than an elephant. H I34 #134, HI 73 #74. 111 Alexander, army of, water parts for. Water parts before Alexander’s army; Alexander, disguised as a messenger, visits the court of Darius. Seelentrost (German) 264, 28; Throst (Swed.) 381, 17; Trost (Dan.) 121, 7. 112 Alexander as guest of Porus. Alexander, in disguise, dines at Porus’ table and pockets a gold vessel; he explains that this is the custom at his court. Enx(M) #34; Gesta(I) #123; Gesta(O) #198; H231 #13, H263 #15; Seelentrost (German) 267, 31; Throst (Swed.) 385, 7; Trost (Dan.) 125, 13. 113 Alexander as pirate. Alexander is told by a pirate that he is a greater pirate. Alpha #334; Enx(M) #42; Gesta(I) #118; Gesta(O) #146; H159 #32, H268 #92; Herzstein # 1 ; Pauli #280, #351; Recull #287; Violier #119. -— Augustine, De Civ. Dei 4.4; Basset, Milles et un contes I, 507—508 #199; Born Judas II, 324; Crane, Am. Phil. Soc., 21, 73; Krappe, Sources, p. 19 #42; Herrig 127, p. 285 #63. 114 Alexander, attempt to kill. During Alexander’s war with Darius, a Persian in the army of Macedonia tries to kill Alexander. He fails and is brought before the king. He says that he made a pact with Darius to receive a part of the kingdom as well as his daughter for killing Alexander. Praised, he is allowed to go free. Mensa 10.33 (Dunn, pp. 24—25); Seelentrost (German) 264, 8; Throst (Swed.) 380, 28; Trost (Dan.) 120, 13. 115 Alexander buying friends. Philip rebukes Alexander for trying to buy friends. H129 #84. 116 Alexander, conquests of. Nicole #28a.

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117 Alexander, death of predicted. A woman, half human and half beast, predicts the impending death of Alexander. Seelentrost (German) 270, 4; Thrust (Swed.) 387, 35; Trust (Dan.) 128, 16. 118 Alexander defeats King Porus. King Porus of India is defeated by Alexander who burns the trunks of Porus’ elephants. Seelentrost (Ger­ man) 266, 20; Thrust (Swed.) 383, 16; Trust (Dan.) 123, 11. 119 Alexander, father of avenged. Alexander helps his father achieve vengeance on the man who wounded him by holding his father’s hand on the spear and striking the man dead. Alpha #769. — Pfister, Der Alexanderroman, p. 60. 120 Alexander forces father to renounce second wife. Alexander forces his father to renounce his second wife, Cleopatra, and to take back Alexan­ der’s mother. Seelentrost (German) 261, 21; Thrust (Swed.) 377, 19; Trust (Dan.) 116, 31. 121 Alexander, funeral oration of. Chauvin IX, 32. 122 Alexander, gait of. Alexander never loses the theatrical gait he learned as a boy from the actor Leander. H403 #541. 123 Alexander, glass diving vessel of. H158 #15. — Ward I, 121. 124 Alexander, illegitimate birth of. Alexander’s illegitimate birth caused by sorcery. Seelentrost (German) 258, 17; Thrust (Swed.) 374, 3; Trust (Dan.) 113, 5. 125 Alexander in air and on ocean. Alexander’s flight through the air and his trip under the ocean. Seelentrost (German) 270, 10; Thrust (Swed.) 388, 7; Trust (Dan.) 128, 24. 126 Alexander in Paradise. Alexander’s trip to Paradise and the allegory of the stone. (See also: 141). Seelentrost (German) 271, 1; Thrust (Swed.) 389, 1; Trust (Dan.) 129, 20. 127 Alexander jousts with princes. Alexander defeats all the princes in a joust and then proceeds to kill his schoolmate Nicholas and his (the latter’s) people. Seelentrost (German) 261, 8; Thrust (Swed.) 377, 5; Trust (Dan.) 116, 16. 128 Alexander killsfriend. Alexander kills his friend, Illicius, for extolling the deeds of Philip. H I75 #102. 129 Alexander kills Neptabanus. Alexander kills his father, Neptabanus, who has read his end in the stars. Seelentrost (German) 260, 4; Thrust (Swed.) 375, 28; Trust (Dan.) 115, 6. 130 Alexander, like tree. A prophetess likens Alexander to a young tree that takes many years to grow strong but can be felled in an hour. Alpha #49; Recull #42. 131 Alexander, meets ass first. Alexander, warned by an oracle to kill the first who meets him, orders an ass driver killed. The ass driver says that the ass met him first and so escapes death. Mensa 6.11 (Dunn, p. 21). 132 Alexander, mother of, tricked by sorcerer. The sorcerer Neptabanus tells Olympias, the wife of the absent king Philip, that a god wants to sleep with her. Seelentrost (German) 259, 1; Thrust (Swed.) 374, 7; Trust (Dan.) 113, 12. 2

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133 Alexander, not divine. When the Athenians did not wish to honor Alexander as a god, Dcmades said to them, »Watch that while you guard heaven, you do not let go the earth.» Mensa 6.12 (Dunn, p. 22). 134 Alexander, physician of, accused. Philip the physician is accused by Parmenius of intending to poison Alexander. H I57 #14, H I77 #133. 135 Alexander, poisoned. Alexander the Great is poisoned after reigning only twelve years. Two versions: a) He is poisoned by his servants, and b) by one of his knights. Alpha #326; H172 #66, H181#20; Seelentrost (German) 270, 18; Throst (Swed.) 388, 18; Trost (Dan.) 129, 1. 136 Alexander, received in Jerusalem. Alexander is received with kindness by the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to whom he then grants great freedom. Seelentrost (German) 262, 25; Throst (Swed.) 378, 33; Trost (Dan.) 118, 12. 137 Alexander, receives gifts from Darius. Darius, in derision, sends three mystic gifts to Alexander. H178 #138; Seelentrost (German) 263, 13; Throst (Swed.) 379, 31; Trost (Dan.) 119, 13. 138 Alexander, restores captive girl. Alexander restores a beautiful captive girl, unharmed, to her betrothed. H I73 #75. 139 Alexander, saves city. Alexander is persuaded to save the city of Lapsatt. Alpha #626. — Val. Max. VII. 3 Ex. 4. 140 Alexander, sends peppercorns. Alexander sends peppercorns in return for a gift from Darius. (See also: 137). Pauli #509. 141 Alexander, stone of. Alexander receives a precious stone which outweighs everything, but weighs nothing when covered with dust. Alpha #516; H I09 #21, H I32 #107, H392 #315 (Spec. Laic.), H395 #390 (Spec. Laic.), H419 #60, H480 #16, H537 # 8 , H538 #12; Recull #452; Seelentrost (German) 271, 1; Throst (Swed.) 389, 1; Trost (Dan.) 129, 20. — Toldo, Archiv. CXVIII, p. 330. 142 Alexander, summons castle’s surrender. Alexander summons a castle to surrender; answer is made that it has never known an earthly lord. H127 #71. 143 Alexander, takes manners of Persians. Alexander adopts the manners of the conquered Persians. H157 #13, H160 #16. 144 Alexander, three bad qualities of. HI 12 #43, H I78 #150. 145 Alexander, three questions of. A philosopher answers Alexander’s questions as to what he was, is, and will be: vile sperm, vessel of filth, and food for vermin. Lib. Ex. #165. 146 Alexander, troops of demoralized. Alexander bids his demoralized troops to burn their plunder. H I22 #27, HI 77 #132. 147 Alexander, walls in Jews. Unfaithful Jews are walled in by Alex­ ander with the help of God who moves mountains. H325 #19, H390 #292. Seelentrost (German) 263, 4; Throst (Swed.) 379, 19; Trost (Dan.) 118, 32. ' 148 Alexander, warned about greatness. H160 #55.

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149 Alexander, wounded. The wounded Alexander proclaims himself the son of man and not of Jove. H132 #110; Tab. Ex. #285. 150 Alexander, Pope, and scolding abbot. A monk who gives his clothes to the poor is scolded by the abbot; Pope Alexander rebukes the latter and bids the monk continue his charitable actions. EdB #148. 151 Alexandria, marvels of. Alpha #598. — VP col. 353. 152 Alexandria, nobleman’s desire for. A nobleman wishing to conquer Alexandria is reminded of the transitoriness of man. Enx(G) #15. 153 Alexis, St., life of. A knight becomes a hermit and retires to Con­ stantinople ; St. Alexis as an unknown mendicant lives under the staircase in his house. Alpha #600; EdeB #173; Enx(G) #352; Gesta(O) #15; H518 #134; Katona #15; Recull #527; Seelentrost (German) 24, 28; Throst (Swed.) 41, 4; Violier #15; S.T.: Q523.4. — Crane, Proc.Am. Phil.Soc. 21, 65; Gaster #100, cf. #327. 154 Allegations unsubstantiated. A man is punished before the law if he makes accusations without being able to substantiate his allegations. Tab. Ex. #204. 155 All Saints’ Day, profanation of. A man and wife are struck dead for violating the Feast of All Saints. H390 #288, H486 #87, H501#288, H632 #77, H691 #51. 156 All Souls’ Day. A vision of heaven and purgatory seen by a monk leads to the institution of All Souls’ Day. H524 #65, H580 #75. 157 Almond oil cures deafness. HI 63 #92. 158 Alms asked of king. A corrupt man asks the king for alms on the basis of kinship. EdeB #513; Mensa 6.13 (Dunn, p. 22); M L #111; Pauli #517; S.T.: J1283. 159 Alms begged by saint. St. John, in the guise of a pilgrim, appears to St. Eduard and begs for alms. Spec. Laic. #247. 160 Alms, best dish as. A man vowed to give as alms the best part of every dish set before him. Overcome by greed, he breaks his vow. The first morsel sticks in his throat until he repents; the morsel then comes up in the form of a live coal. H672 #331. 161 Alms demanded of patriarch. A greedy patriarch of Jerusalem is punished by God and made poor and ill until he gives alms to the impoverished. Libri viii(Caes.) 20(1). 162 Alms distributed by count. A count distributes alms with his own hands. EdeB #150, #146, #147; JdeV(Frenken) 17,18; JdeV(Greven) 17, 18. 163 Alms for monks. An abbot and a monk die. When a cellarer says that alms cannot be given for their souls, he is beaten. H383 #171. 164 Alms for sleeping. A hermit says that the alms which he gives when awake benefit him when he is asleep. H461 #76; Odo(P) #110 (Herv. IV. p. 307); Pelbart #194. 165 Alms given by poor man. a.) A poor man devoted to the Virgin gave all his alms to the poor and was received by the Virgin in heaven.

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b.) A m a n gave all his goods to the devil. (See also: 165, 766, 4088, 5090, 5307). Libri viii(Caes.) III (61). 166 Alms given in church. A woman gives alms in church and a miracle occurs. Esempi #30. 167 Alms given to saints. A matron gives alms to Saints Processus and Martin who are disguised as pilgrims and is promised their help on the Day of Judgment. H455 #12, H549 #114. 168 Alms given with reservations. Spec. Laic. #404. 169 Alms not given by rich man. A rich man who would not give alms dies; afterwards he appears to a clerk and tells him that he is damned. H134 #128. 170 Alms of Abraham, Job, Tobias, and Cornelius. Nicole #143b. 171 Alms, poor man wagers over. A poor man wagers that he can get alms from Petrus Telonarius. By begging, he gets Petrus Telonarius to throw a coin in his face. Dreaming that this coin outweighs all his sins, he gives everything to the poor. Enx(G) #64; cf. H281 #31; Klapper, ErZ. #131; Lib. Ex. #125; S.T.: 0172, Q172.2, V512.2. — Jacob’s Well #50; VP cols. 356—357. 172 Alms, preferred to prayers. A dead man appears and says that alms have benefited him more than prayers. Caes. XII, 32. 173 Alms, refused. A poor clerk begs for alms from a magistrate who asks him, »What is the preterite of conquinisio ?» The poor clerk does not know, and the magistrate says, »Conquexi. Ecce eleemosina.» Enx(G) #60; Odo(P) #111 (Herv. IV, p. 307), S.T.: J1592. 174 Alms, refused by sailors. Sailors refuse alms to a beggar by saying they have nothing to give but stones. Their belongings immediately turn to stone. Alpha #608; H437 #77, H663 #223; Recull #536; S.T.: V421. — Pat. Lat. CLX, 113. 175 Alms, refused to poet. A king refuses alms to a poet of noble birth and tells him that he has proved himself less noble than his father. H419 #63. 176 Alms, repaid hundredfold (Var.) A rich man gives all his wealth to a bishop for alms with the promise of a hundredfold reward. After his death his sons sue the bishop, but in the dead man’s hand is found a declaration that he has received a hundredfold more than he gave. a) A Saracen is converted and gives his goods to the poor. b) St. John the Almoner lends a man money and is repaid a hundredfold. Alpha #302; Disc. Cler. #29 (Schwarzbaum III, pp. 332—333); EdeB #142, #143, #144;Enx(G) #283; H7 #24,H53 #83-var.,H73 #155, H140 #52, H388 #253, H433 #41, H462 #86, H489 #123, H531 #44, H567 #107, H580 #82, H600 #14, #22, H611 #68, H649 #21, H690 #42, H704 #29; JdeV(Crane) #96; Klapper, Erz. #17; Klapper, Ex. #69; Lib. Ex. #128; Odo(P) #136 (Herv. IV, p. 317); Recull #260; S.T.: Q44, V415. — Chauvin IX #28, #472.

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177 Alms, stolen from master. St. Godric’s servant is warned in a vision to stop stealing the alms offered to his master. H387—388 #243 (Spec. Laic.). 178 Alms, stolen goods as. An abbot deposes a cellarer for fraud and returns the goods to the rightful owners. Admiring the abbot’s action the latter give him the goods to be used as alms. Caes. IV, 61. 179 Alms to poor, instead of church. A congregation is told to give alms to the poor instead of to the church. Caes. VI, 58, 513. 180 Almsgiving, done in one's lifetime. Almsgiving should be done in one’s lifetime, just as one candle in front gives more light than two behind. H489 #118. 181 Almsgiving, jars filled. An almsgiving husband and wife find their empty jars miraculously filled. H489 #124. 182 Almsgiving, pride in. A man who felt proud whenever he gave alms thought he ought to cease giving them, but was admonished by a wiseman to continue his generosity. H641 #31. 183 Almsgiving, refused by widower. A widower refuses to give alms for the soul of his miserly wife and says, »Vers fu auerouse si ele dona si eit.» H531 #11, cf. H29 #29. 184 Almsgiving, repented by bishop. A bishop is reproved in a vision for regretting his almsgiving. H282 #38, H310 #39; Lib. Ex. #127. — Arnould, Peches, p. 156 #38. 185 Altar, obscured by angels. While a monk is celebrating mass in a church in England, a nun in an adjoining cell finds her view of the altar obscured by a host of angels. H471 #5. 186 Altar, of Virgin. An unconfessed youth approaches the altar of the Virgin; he is tortured for four days by the devil. H523 #34; H540 #38. 187 Altar cloth, miraculously replaced. An old priest who has led a worldly life is seized with remorse while elevating the Host. A candle falls and burns the altar cloth. When the priest has finished the sacrament, he sees the altar covered with a new and beautiful cloth. H503 #1. 188 Altar cloths, carefully washed. A nun washes the altar cloths most carefully and sees the Virgin lay her Child on them. Caes. VII, 204; H359 #105, H366 #19; Klapper ErZ. #65. 189 Amandus, St., and damned. St. Amandus and the sufferings of the damned. Pelbart #256. 190 Amandus, St., mocked. A man died a miserable death when he mock­ ed the words of St. Amandus. Spec. Laic. #181. 191 Ambition to rule. The ambition to rule results in murder: Romulus killed Remus; Attila his brother, Bridam; Caesar the people of Pompey; Alexander’s wars. Pelbart #86. 192 Ambrose, St., and guest. Tab. Ex. #292. 193 Ambrose, St., and sick man. St. Ambrose and the sick man whose luck was too good to last. H558 #234, H620 #177. 194 Ambrose, St., condemns emperor. St. Ambrose condemns the emperor

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for his unrighteous ways as ruler. When the emperor repents, Ambrose gives him a penance which he gratefully accepts. Alpha #51; Recull #44. 195 Ambrose, St., rebukesjeerer. St. Ambrose rebukes one of his followers for jeering at another who has stumbled; the jeerer presently falls him­ self. H661 #198. 196 Ambrose, St., rebukes Theodosius. St. Ambrose rebukes Theodosius for the massacre at Thessalonica. H410 # 7 ; Spec. Laic. # 4 2 lb. 197 »Amen» at baptism. The king of France asks God for a son. At his baptism the infant says, »Amen.» Alpha #382; Recull #331. 198 Amicus and Amelias, friendship of. Alpha #55; H247 #65, H431 # 8 ; Klapper ErZ. #138; Klapper, Ex. # 7 ; ML #119; Seelentrost (German) 229, 11; S.T.,: D766.2; S268; Throst (Swed.) 331, 20; Trost (Dan.) 73,24; Viaticum #8. — Chauvin V, 65 n. (Sword between lovers), Chauvin VIII, 194ff.; L.A. Hibbard, Med. Rom. in Eng., p. 71. 199 Ammonias, St., ear of. St. Ammonius, when elected bishop, cuts off his right ear. Spec. Laic. #476. 200 Amnesty, in Athens. Amnesty is proclaimed in Athens when the banished citizens are reinstated by Thrasybulus. H I41 #57. 201 Amor Fatuus as naked boy. An image with English inscriptions of Amor Fatuus as a naked boy. H179 #156. 202 Anaxagoras and son’s death. Anaxagoras tells a messenger that the news of his son’s death is not unexpected since he knows him to be mortal. Herzstein #15. 203 Ancestry of count. Concerning the great ancestry of a count. Pauli #735, cf. Mensa 4.9 (Dunn, p. 207). 204 Anchoress beaten by devils. An anchoress hears a devil reporting that he has secured a dying woman’s soul by keeping her from con­ fessing a secret sin. The anchoress tells a priest who persuades the woman to make a full confession. The next night the devils beat the anchoress in revenge. H482 #41, #48, H682 #13. 205 Anchoress learns of Christ’s wounds. An anchoress learns through a miraculous voice the number of Christ’s wounds (5460) and how to venerate them. She tells a hermit, who tells the nuns of a neighboring abbey; the hermit later has a vision of the effect of the nuns’ prayers. H552 #150. 206 Anchoress refuses to see saint. St. Martin commends an anchoress for refusing to see him. H565 #77. 207 Anchoress tempted by devil. An anchoress, tempted by the devil in the guise of a woman to return to the world, is saved by a prayer to the Virgin. (Seealso: 207, 1372, 3244, 3225, 3226, 3227, 3228, 4564, 5156). Alpha #469; Caes. VII, 26; Gesta(M) #89; H261 #89, H360 #109, H366 #21; Recull #410. — Ward II, 686. 208 Anchoress tempted to hang self. The devil tempts an anchoress to hang herself, but her confessor uncovers the devil’s plan in time. Klap­ per, Erz. #151.

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209 Anchorite, repentance of. An anchorite repents of his sins and is forgiven. Alpha #648; Recull #572. 210 Anchorite, temptation of. St. Macarius sees a devil laden with bottles who is going to tempt anchorites; the devil is seen returning with empty bottles, all drained by one anchorite. The others have resisted tempta­ tion. (Seealso: 3105). Alpha #745; Enx(G) #40; H4 #2, H72 #149, H462 #104, H516 #99, H568 #132, H573 #203; JdeV(Crane) #75; Odo(P) #130 (Herv. IV, p. 314); Recull #663; Spec. Laic., #187. — Gerould, pp. 42—60; Jacob’s Well #33; Krappe, Sources, p. 23 #111(40); VP cols. 769, 981, 1027. 211 Andrew, St., and convert. St. Andrew and the convert whose parents tried to burn him. H516 #87. 212 Andrew, St., and lustful man. A lustful old man enters a house of ill repute, carrying a Bible in his pocket. A prostitute accuses him of being an angel of God. He goes to St. Andrew, who tells him that by fasting he can be saved; he dies a good man. Alpha #65; Klapper, Erz■ #80; Recull #56; Seelentrost (German) 217, 20; Thrust (Swed.) 314, 24; Trust (Dan.) 60, 13. — Toldo, Archiv. CXIX, p. 88. 213 Andrew, St., revives pilgrims. St. Andrew revives forty pilgrims who have been drowned on their way to him. H511 #17. 214 Andrew, St., three questions asked of. A bishop, devoted to St. Andrew, is tempted by the devil in the shape of a young woman. St. Andrew appears in order to protect him, and the devil insists that he answer three questions: 1) What is the mightiest act of God? (That he made man in different shapes); 2) When is earth above heaven? (When God in earthly form sits on his throne); and 3) How far is it from heaven to earth? (The asker has had a chance to measure it). The woman disap­ pears. (Var. Told also of St. Bartholomew.) Aev. #24; Alpha #67; Enx(G) #332: H66 #75, H540 #30, H568 #115, H641 #33, H674 #1, H679 #34, H707 # 8 ; Klapper, Erz• #200; Recull #58; Spec. Laic. #184; S.T.: H543.1. — BP III, 15; Espinosa, Cuentos II, p. 101f.; Festial # 2 ; Grimm #125; Kohler, Kl. Schr. II, 14; Krappe, Sources, p. 45 #405 (332). 215 Androcles and the lion. A shepherd draws a thorn from a lion’s foot. Later the shepherd is arrested and thrown to the lions, but the lion recognizes him and defends him. The emperor releases both the lion and the shepherd. (See also: 2771, 3057). Enx(G) #115; Gesta(I) #159; Gesta(O) #104; H178 #141, H447 #30, H518 #139; JdeV (Crane) #185; M L #77; Pelbart #165; Aa-Th.: 934; S.T.: B443, H1241, M372. — Braga #161; Castigos, p. 142; Chauvin V, 44; Crane, Ital.Pop. Tales, pp. 157, 357; Holbek #74 (Aesop); Krappe, Sources, p. 29 #186 (115); Sachs, Sdmt. Fabeln IV, 120 #314; . 16.159. 216 Andromanus, St., punishes sin. Whoever gives a false oath before the grave of St. Andromanus will be punished by that saint. Pauli #486. — Braga #169.

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217 Angel as dove. A sinful matron sees an angel in the shape of a dove exhort her to go to confession. Libri viii(Caes.) 24(1). 218 Angel as watchman. An angel is compared to a watchman on a high hill. Tab. Ex. #12. 219 Angel, assists in sermon. An angel assists St. Sebastian during a sermon. Spec. Laic. #338. 220 Angel, complains to monk. An angel appears to a monk and complains of bishops, counts and monks. H400 #483. — Ward II, p. 713. 221 Angel, disembowels brethren. A Franciscan sees an angel enter the refectory on St. John the Baptist’s Day and go to each of the brothers, disembowel and clean him, and inscribe his heart with the words: »Johannes est nomen ejus.» H629 #49. 222 Angel, encourages monk. A monk wishes to join others going to Aulne but dares not mention it to his prior until an angel encourages him to do so. Caes. I, 6bis; H350 #2. 223 Angel, explains God's justice. An angel explains to a hermit why God allows a sinner to die in peace and have a big funeral while a holy man is slain by wild beasts. The holy man’s reward is his admis­ sion to heaven. Enx(G) #34, cf. #224; Klapper, Erz. #178; S.T.: J225.0.2, Q.172, 0^20. — Gressmann, Abhandlungen der preussischen Akademie d. Wissenschaften, (1918), phil.-hist.Kl. # 7 ; Ward II, 627, 665. 224 Angel haves taper. H326 #14, H522 #6, H557 #21, H677 #20, H716 #11. — Ward II, 658, 739. 225 Angel, man inspired by. A man about to cross a bridge sees a lion and a dragon and the sea on either side. Inspired by an angel, he kills the lion and dragon and earns a crown. V ar.: Also told of knight in a desert. Gesta(I) #93, #178; Gesta(O) #191, #199; H170 #41, H247 #56, H250 #91. 226 Angel, monk not wishing to be. A sick monk laughs because he has conquered the flesh, the world, and the devil, and, above all, because :.ft has no desire to be an angel since they do not carp/ an image of Christ in themselves. Klapper, Erz. #148. 227 Ange:.. mother admonished by. A mother who dressed her daughter -r- a worldly tashion is admonisned by an angel. PeEbart —222. 228 AoggL tends sick hermit. H523 #120. — VP cel. r 229 AngeL writing carmnamcmti names. An ansei is seen writing down •-.nmruincanui rar~rs Out omitting those sucir/ of secret sins. H5I3 #16-- — VP coL 459. ; writing nwnjes names, he aermard sees m i c t e --- m the -m-i is mev errant the Te Deane; seme -t/t-ne*. are written, in grin- omen i t sfoer. red. or bines ink or warm:. HBG5 =Lb. icccc reserves to live rke the maers. T"*# vCOl - s e t ae returns n work r'er bis living. A-nha

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heart. The angels win because the usurer showed a penitent spirit in wanting to return his wealth to the rightful owners. (See also: 1492). Alpha #753; Caes. II, 31; Enx(G) #39; Enx(M) #30, #58; H73 #150, H352 #23, H620 #184; Lib. Ex. #56; Recull #671; S.T.: E756.1. — Ezekiel X X X III, 11: Jacob’s Well #37; II Kings, VI, 8f.; VP col. 982. 233 Angels and devils rejoicing and mourning. A clairvoyant sees a man, surrounded by rejoicing devils and mourning angels, en­ tering church. When he leaves the church, the devils are mourning because of the sermon’s power. Seelentrost (German) 74, 23; Throst (Swed.) Ill, 14. 234 Angels as lepers. Angels in the guise of lepers appear to St. Julianus. Spec. Laic. #312. 235 Angels as white doves. A friar sees angels as white doves at the elevation of the Host. One angel, familiar to him, appears in the form of a beautiful boy. H627 #26, H629 #44. 236 Angels assist in mass. A monk was assisted by angels during mass. Liber V III (Caes.) I (4). 237 Angels battle demons. Angels, defending a man tempted by forni­ cation, battle against demons. Pelbart #273. 238 Angels defend Templars. Worshipping Templars, attacked by pa­ gans, are defended by invisible angels. Caes. V III, 47; H362 #131, H367 #37. 239 Angels delight in discourse. Angels delight in the kindly speech of monks and abhor their quarrels. V ar.: Also told of St. Francis. Pelbart #265, #266. 240 Angels, devil’s envy of. The devil enters a church and disturbs the congregation. He tells the priest that he has done this because of envy of the angels, and that he would gladly endure the greatest tortures to regain his lost estate. H530 #35. 241 Angels give pitch to singing. Angels give the pitch for the singing ol St. Cerbonius’ mass. Var: Angels sing the Introit or Gloria. H489 #128, H628 #32; JdeV(Frenken) #58b; JdeV(Greven) #60b; Klapper, Erz. # 5 . 242 Angels, good and bad. An abbot sees churchgoers accompanied by their good or bad angels. Hb4 #46, Ho 14 =43, H545 =59, H583 =32, H677 =16. — VP. cols. 795, 985, 1046. 243 Angels, gaar&am, as soars. A Cistercian monk has tie gift of seeing men’s good or evil, angels as bright or dark stars. He is thus to save a brother menk from dvmg tmcociessed. rime G =132: H64 #54, E4QG =493: Ode P =46 'H err. IV. p. 283 . 244 Artgeis. 7um.iT ixe if. The heamred a£ an arcoc is reserrec. by ■ am ■ • m- . : me mg . n 4 : 5 =13 • = -45 Angels rr feuds auattUtig aj good ir bad aide. A rerm ir sees an gds or c e d is near ~~e t n c e a henencm g -311 w hether men: ~a. -c a good or cad. See alsc 239 H e .3 #15. — Vi cm. ■‘C'l

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246 Angels, orders of. A monk explains the orders of the angels and their purpose as messengers of God. Caes. VIII, 41. 247 Angels seen at deathbed. A monk sees angels around his deathbed. (See also: 1492). Caes. XI, 5; H492 #174. _ 248 Angels surround monk in church. A monk with severe headaches stays in church a long time; he says that he receives great pleasure from the angels who surround him. Caes. IV, 30bis. 249 Angels, three, cure monk of temptation. A monk prying in the wilder­ ness, was cured by three angels of the temptation he experienced as head of a nunnery. Alpha #127; Recull #105. — Toldo, Archiv. CXIX, p. 96; VP col. 1135. 250 Anger, abbot never speaks in. An abbot is feared by devils because he never speaks in anger. H458 #18. — VP col. 776. 251 Anger and name of Jesus. An obstinate man said that neither in the n a m e of God nor of the devil would he give up his anger; he became calm, however, when a devoted brother wrote before him with his fin­ ger, »Jesus of Nazareth.» Tab. Ex. #310. 252 Anger disciplined. A man in the desert tries to discipline his anger by filling a pot with water and continually pouring it out. Alpha #404; Enx(G) #151; #286; H547 #96, H569 #150, H585 #13; Klapper, Erg. #160; Recull #351. — Auerbacher, Ein Volksbiichlein (1835), 176f.; VP cols. 778, 901. 253 Angler with golden hook. A hermit learns, through a vision of an angler with a golden hook and silver line, that a woman’s soul has been saved from purgatory by her son’s prayers. H419 #65. 254 Animal gentle towards own kind. Enx(G) #325. 255 Animal provides food for men. Enx(M) #29, #59; S.T.: B531. — VP col. 820 256 Animals, grateful, and ungrateful servant. A servant falls into a pit with a lion, an ape, and a serpent. A poor peasant named Guide res­ cues them all. The animals reward Guide with gifts, but the servant drives him away with blows. (See also: 1906). Enx(G) #136; Gesta(I) #145; Gesta(M) #20, #65; Gesta(O) #119; H182 #40, H196 #31, H234 #31, H255 #65, H269 #101; Katona #119; M dM #56; Violier #104;: Aa-Th.: 160; S.T.: B361, W154.8. — Barker, West African Folktales (London, 1917.), #32; BP IV, 139—140; Bodker, De Gamle #75; Chauvin II, 71, 107; Crane, Rom.Rev. 6.235; Germania 33.257 #16; Hilka, Compilatio, p. 21; Kohler, Kl.Schr. I. 519; Krappe, Sources, p. 30 #207 (136); Or. and Occ. Ill, 378; Pentamerone, III, 5; Ulrich, Romania XIII, p. 49f., #40; Ward II, p. 174, 692; Wright, ed., Anglo-Latin Satirical Poets, Rolls Series i, 1872, p. 134ff.: 7s. 17.339, 21.198, 33—34.168. 257 Animals, gratitude of. Pelbart #334. 258 Animals, life of studied. A count, having become a monk, delights in studying the life of the animals in his care. EdeB #215. 259 Annunciation to Virgin. Herzstein #46.

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260 Anselm, St., and deadly sin. St. Anselm says he would rather enter hell than commit a deadly sin. H398 #459. 261 Anselm, St., gives advice on children. St. Anselm advises an abbot not to beat children too much because harsh treatment helps neither children nor plants to grow. Alpha # 1 ; H430 # 1 , H664 #238; Seelentrost (German) 194, 1; Throst (Swed.) 283, 28; Trost (Dan.) 36, 4. 262 Ant and spoiled meat. An ant refuses to eat spoiled meat. Nicole #123. 263 Ant, flying, very harmful. Nicole #100. 264 Ant, Indian, guards treasures. Nicole #101. 265 Ant keeps harvest dry. The industrious ant works to keep his harvest dry; when it gets wet, he brings it to the surface to dry in the sun. S.T.: J711.5, Q86.1. — Knust, p. 353(n.). 266 Ant, wisdom of, in gathering food. Nicole #69. 267 Antaeus and Hercules. H160 #50, H I70 #43, H691 #53. 268 Anteater robs ants of food. Nicole #99. 269 Antelope, greed of The antelope becomes a victim of its own greed for willow leaves. Nicole #53. 270 Anthicomon and serpent. H I65 #131. 271 Anthonius, St., as bishop. Tab. Ex. #259. 272 Anthony, St., and archer. Anthony gives the following answer to an archer who rebukes him for playing with his monks, »Just as the archer cannot draw his bow too far for fear of breaking it, so the monk cannot lead a completely serious life with no amusement for fear of breaking his vows.» V ar.: St. John the Evangelist. Alpha # 6 , #399; H76 #188, H506 #44, H514 #46, H580 #71; Odo(P) #174 (Herv. IV, p. 333); Recull #5, #346. — Toldo, Archiv. CXVII, p. 85. 273 Anthony, St., and disciple moving stones. Spec. Laic. #444. 274 Anthony, St., and humility. St. Anthony is told that only humility can save one from worldly involvements. Enx(G) #123; H63 #45, H326 # 7 , H333 # 2 , H716 # 4 ; Odo(P) #41 (Herv. IV, p. 281), #142 (Herv. IV, p. 320); Spec. Laic. #319. — VP cols. 132, 785, 953. 275 Anthony, St., and labor. St. Anthony, overcome with fatigue, sees an angel alternately praying and working: he realizes that this is the way to salvation. Enx(G) #268; Enx(M) # 7 ; JdeV(Crane) #94; Lib. Ex. #61; Pelbart #301; Spec. Laic. #354; S.T.: H605, J80, V235. — Krappe, Sources, p. 16 # 7 ; VP col. 780—781. 276 Anthony, St., and philosophers. Philosophers, despising St. Anthony as illiterate, visit him in the desert. The saint asks which is more impor­ tant, knowledge or learning. The philosophers answer that knowledge which devised letters is of primary importance. The saint replies, »But knowledge can exist without letters.» Enx(G) #336; JdeV(Crane) #30; JdeV(Frenken) # 8 ; JdeV(Greven) # 8 ; S.T.: J1647, J 1217.2. — VP col. 158. 277 Anthony, St., complains to Christ. Answer of Christ to St. Anthony’s

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complaint that he was left alone to fight the devil. (See also: 4751). H668 #279. — VP col. 132. 278 Anthony, St., freed from evil thoughts. Lib. Ex. #61. — VP col. 893. 279 Anthony, St., hermit, and Alexanders's tanner. Pelbart #319. 280 Anthony, St., hermit, and St. Paul. Pelbart #196. 281 Anthony, St., puts foot in fire. (See also: 4741). H66 #69, H460 #55, H519 #10; Spec., Laic. #555. 282 Anthony, St., recognizes good and bad. Spec. Laic. #345. 283 Anthony, St., saved by light. St. Anthony, tormented by devils, is saved by a light from heaven. Alpha #72; H71 #126, H516 #101; Spec. Laic. #366. — Monteverdi, 292(13); VP col. 132. 284 Anthony, St., vision of. a.) St. Anthony has a vision of the entire world caught in a net which man can escape only through humility and penitence. Pelbart #190; Spec. Laic. #548. b.) St. Anthony’s lessons to the man who, renouncing the world, still retained some of his possessions. H583 #23. — VP cols. 772, 888. 285 Anthony, St., visited by God. God appears to St. Anthony after he has been scourged by devils and says He so rejoiced at the saint’s pa­ tience that He did not wish to protect him. Klapper, Erz- #97. 286 Antichrist, coming of. The vision of a monk concerning the schism of the Roman Empire, the calamities of the Holy Land, and the coming of the Antichrist. Caes. II, 30; Seelentrost (German) 65, 8; Thrust (Swed.) 97, 28. 287 Antichrist killed. The story of the Antichrist and his death at the hands of St. Michael. Seelentrost (German) 65, 8; Thrust (Swed.) 97, 28. 288 Antigonus and Cynitus. When Cynitus asks for a talent, he is told that this is more than he should ask for. He asks for a denarius but the king says that this is less than he should give. Var: Also told ofAlexander. (See also: 100). Alpha #442; Enx(G) #255; H I58 #28, H419#56, H435 #56, H658 #161; S.T.: J1283.2. — Krappe, Sources, p. 240 #327(255). 289 Antipope, chastisement of. Chastisement of the Antipope, Pierre de Leon. EdeB #138. 290 Antlers of stag. A stag grows no antlers if he is castrated young. Nicole #40, cf. #104. 291 Antonins the orator. Gesta #269. 292 Ants, king of. First a log, then a serpent, is chosen king of the ants. (See also: 2221). H35 # 2 ; Odo(F) # H (Herv. IV, p. 177).— Tacke, p. 6 #1. 293 Ants, leave wheat in child's mouth. Ants leave grains of wheat in the mouth of an infant (Midas) to show future greatness. Enx(G) #109; S.T.: B1473.1.3, D1812.3.3, M311, M312.0.2. — Krappe, Sources, p. 28 #180(109); Val. Max. I, 6. 294 Ants, sculpturedfrom ivory. Callicrates sculptured ants from ivory so realistically that they could not be distinguished from real ants. Mensa 43.215 (Dunn, p. 53).

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295 Anus, singing. An adulterous wife’s arm is burned when her hus­ band, to test her truthfulness, tells her to reach into a well. After his death, when she denies that he is capable of miracles, she suffers the humiliation of having her anus sing. Aev. # 9 ; Alpha #35; cf. Pauli #224; Recull #29; S.T.: H252, Q.241. — Toldo, Archiv. Vol. CXIX p. 100. 296 Anvil, master beaten on. At his death an avaricious master of a mint was seen in a vision being beaten on an anvil into the shape of a penny by a Jew. Caes. XI, 44. 297 Ape and fox. An ape asks a fox for part of her tail. HI 5 #111; Herv II, p. 59; JdeV(Crane) #171; S.T.: J341.1. 298 Ape, devoured by bear. A bear devours a young ape and is burned to death by the mother ape. Esempi #17; H I2 #71, H417 #36, H506 #46; H671 #321; Herzstein #20; JdeV(Crane) #143; S.T.: L315.4. 299 Ape, flight of. An ape fleeing from hunters takes her most loved child in her arms and throws the other across her back. When the hunters approach, she throws away the one in her arms. The other clings to her back, impedes her flight, and causes her capture. Alpha #714; H84 #19, H97 #43, H182 #47, H376 #41, H417 #33, H437 #86, H467 #52, H499 #264, H519 # 5 , H556 #201, H561 #25, cf. H569 #1361, H610 #50; JdeV(Crane) #25; Klapper, Erz. #189; Nicole #42; Recull #635. — Ward II, pp. 274, 340. 300 Ape, gives food to virgin. An ape steals food daily from his rich master’s table and gives it to a poor girl until she loses her virginity; he then tries to kill her. H647 #52. 301 Ape, in shoemaker's shop. An ape enters a shoemaker’s shop and spoils his leather. The shoemaker tricks the ape into cutting its own throat. H71 #136, H496 #225. 302 Ape, on money chest. A man wishes to open his chest of money but finds an ape sitting on it saying, »I do not wish to touch the money because it is Golewyn’s, id est dyaboli.» H377 #62, H499 #259; Wright #86. 303 Ape, reverence to. A peasant at a nobleman’s court pays his respects to an ape believing it to be the nobleman’s son. Wright #129. 304 Apes, reward liar. A liar calls an ape an emperor and is rewarded by the apes. A truthful man calls the ape an ape and is scratched and bitten. Alpha #33; EdB #375; H40 #25, H44 #37, H47 #41, H51 #30, H133 #124, H173 #77; Odo(F) #27 (Herv. IV, p. 201); Pauli #381; Recull #28; Wright #60; S.T.: J815.1. — Ward II, p. 283. 305 Apollo, holy man in temple of. A holy man seeks shelter for the night in a temple of Apollo. The next day the oracle can give no answers until it has his permission. H141 #56. 306 Apollonius of Tyrus. Gesta(O) #153; Katona #153; Violier #125. — BP III, p. 368; Chauvin VI, 170; M LN 18, 103; 26, 3, n. 2.

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307 Apostasy, monk saved from. A Cistercian monk is saved from apos­ tasy by a vision of his dead mother. H377 #59. 308 Apostles, significance of explained by monk. Caes. V III, 55. 309 Appetite restored by starving. A physician restores a pampered man’s appetite by half-starving him. H672 #332. 310 Apple consumed by fire. A cross is tied to an apple by a ribbon. The apple is consumed by fire but the ribbon is not burned. (See also: 1332). Caes. X, 33. 311 Apple given at altar. A scholar is reviled for stupidity by his master who declares that he himself will be Pope if the scholar rises to become bishop. The scholar prays before an image of the Virgin and Child and is given an apple to eat by the Child. He acquires fame for his learn­ ing and eloquence and is finally made bishop. His old master, however, does not become Pope. H617 #161. 312 Apple given to gluttonous boy. A mother gives an apple to a magnani­ mous boy to appease him and gives the same to a gluttonous boy. The former gives her a kiss; the latter beats her. Tab. Ex. #68a. 313 Apple, sign of salvation. A Roman thief has murdered many people but honors the Virgin. He is killed and devils claim his soul. Claiming he has honored her every day, the Virgin, holding a golden apple in her hand, saves him. (See also: 4781). Wright #145. 314 Apple tree and temptation. As penance, a knight was told not to eat an apple from a certain tree. The temptation was so great that his heart finally broke and he died without eating the apple. (Allegory of Garden of Eden). (See also: 3427, 3459). Caes. IV, 74 (scholar), 77; H356 #62. 315 Apple trees bloom on Christmas night. Pauli #559. 316 Apples borne by dead tree. A hermit bids his disciple water a dead tree; he obeys and it bears apples. H329 #13, H332 #13, H335 #24, H717 #23. — VP cols. 823, 948. 317 Apples, golden, shot over walls. The enemy is induced to surrender a city when the besiegers shoot golden apples over the walls. Enx(G) #243. 318 Apples, partly rotten, given to guests. Three apples, each partly rotten, are set before three guests. One eats his entire apple, the second rejects his; the third eats the sound part and rejects the rotten. H687 #10. 319 Arcadius triumphs over Gildo. H518 #138. 320 Archbishop, castrated. A new archbishop enters Rouen. When the people see him beardless because of youth, they cry out that he has no testicles. He answers that this does not bother him, since his betrothed has vowed chastity. Mensa 25.114 (Dunn, p. 38). 321 Archdeaconry, rich. An archdeacon collects money from his church. A peasant says that he has a poor wife and asks how he might obtain a rich one. When the archdeacon replies that he cannot remarry, the peasant says, »You have put away the poor church and retained the rich archdeaconry.)) Mensa 27.125 (Dunn, p. 40).

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322 Archer and Nightingale. An emperor catches a nightingale but is restrained from killing it by its sweet song. He sets it free and then tries to snare it again. Sages interpret its song to him. Alpha #191; Disc. Cler. #22 (Schwarzbaum II, 50—52); Enx(G) #53, #300; Gesta (I) #114; Gesta(O) #167; H209 #73, H215 #73, H234 #48, H241 #70, H264 #36, H556 #202, H584 #49, H616 #149, H650 #39, H692 #62; JdeV(Crane) #28; Katona #167; cf. Pauli #380; Pelbart #376; Recull #162; Seelentrost (German) 30, 19; Aa-Th.: 150; S.T.: J21.12, J21.13, J21.14, K604; Violier #136. — Arlotto II, pp, 261—262 #191; Basset, Mille et un contes, II, 277; Marie Campbell, »The Three Teachings of the Bird,» Ind. U. Folklore Series 13, pp. 97 —107; Chauvin 8.158; Dawkins, Mod. Greek Folktales #75; A. de Cock, Studien en Essays 51—75, 302—306; Gaster #446; Gengenbach #81; Holbek #187 (Aesop); Kohler, Kl.Sch. I, 575; II, 539; Knust, p. 337 #39; Krappe, Sources, p. 24 #124(53); G. Paris, »Le Lai de l’oiselet,» Legendes du Moyen Age (1903), pp. 225—291; Revue hisp. 10.76; Romania 13.172, 18.651; Ulrich, Lat. Novell., p. 132; Val. Max. II, 317; Ward II, 122; £r. 6.171, 6.270, 7.452, 13.108, 20.339, 21.195. 323 Archer, angel of death as. H625 #10. 324 Archer, shoots at heaven. An archer, angry at his bad luck at dice, shoots at heaven. The next day the arrow falls, stained with blood, onto the dice board. EdB #386; Enx(G) #167; Enx(M) #36; cf. H378 #83; H458 #8, H560 # 9 ; Lib. Ex. #193b; S.T.: F1066. — Krappe, Sources, p. 33 #238(167); Val. Max. VI, 4, 2. 325 Archer, statue of. Birds are terrified by the statue of an archer set up to frighten them away. When they see that it does not draw its bow, they approach and befoul it. JdeV(Crane) #5. — Mielot #1. 326 Archer, takes back money from crucifix. An archer who has offered money to the crucifix in the presence of others returns surreptiously to reclaim it. Lib. Ex. #115. 327 Aristotle advises Alexander. Aristotle advises Alexander on how he may insure his kingdom’s continuance: he must prevent the shedding of human blood and must not assume an air of divinity. Pelbart #139; Tab. Ex. #275. 328 Aristotle, Alexander, and queen. Aristotle warns Alexander against being too devoted to his wife. In revenge, the queen tricks Aristotle into letting her ride him on all fours. H87 #53; JdeV(Frenken) #15; JdeV(Greven) #15; Viaticum #23. — G. Dodgson, Jahrbuch der k. preuss. Kunstsammlungen, xviii(Berlin, 1897), p. 184; Nasreddin II, 402; G. Paris, Romania, X I(1882), p. 138. 329 Aristotle and Theofrastus. Aristotle chooses Theofrastus as his suc­ cessor. Alpha #165. — Burlaeus, De vita et morib., p. 246. 330 Aristotle, ghost of. After his death, Aristotle appears to one of his pupils and says it is useless to ask him about »genus» and »species»; he now knows only pain. H77 #199, H393 #344; Odo(P) #187 (Herv.

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IV, p. 339); Pelbart #312. — Haureau, Mem. de I’Inst. XXVIII, 2nd part (1876), pp. 241—242. 331 Aristotle, last words of. The dying Aristotle’s last words to his dis­ ciples: »In hunc mundum nudus veni, vixi anxius, exeo inscius et ignarus.» EdB #261; H537 #7. 332 Aristotle, seven maxims of. Gesta(I) #76; Gesta(O) #34; H120 #14, H237 #24; Katona #34; Violier #33. — Knust, G. Burlaeus, 74 (note a); VP col. 485. 333 Aristotle silent for thirty years. Aristotle, silent for thirty years, says that he has now heard enough and is ready to provide answers. Tab. Ex. #16. 334 Arius recalled from exile. Concerning Arius, recalled from exile, and the document given to Constantinus. Spec. Laic. #469. 335 Arm broken by cross. A person on his deathbed did not want to hold the cross because he had once broken his arm doing so. Pauli #270. — Arlotto II, pp. 222—224 #90. 336 Arm lost in battle. St. Oswald, king of England, who had given everything he possessed to the poor, lost an arm in battle. As prophe­ sied, the arm did not putrefy. Lib. Ex. #123. 337 Arm, of bishop, cut off. Saints Crispan and Crispinian appear at night to a bishop who has brought ruin to the abbey built on their tombs; they cut off his right arm and leg. While psalms are being chant­ ed at his bier, he starts up three times and says that there is no mercy for him. (See also: 27, 337, 619, 2635). H 588'#84. 338 Armor in queen's bedroom. A king drives a queen from her kingdom. The king’s son loves her and reinstates her. When he dies in battle, she puts his armor in her bedroom. Cf. Gesta(O) #25; ML #69; Wright #147. 339 Armor strong in back. A man orders a pourpoint from an armourer. He tells him to make it weak in the front but strong in the back; since he means to run away from battle. H421 #90; Pauli #543. 340 Armor with love-inscriptions. A knight going to joust for love covers his armor with love-inscriptions. Gesta(O) #221; H108 #7. 341 Armorbearer, murders twice. An armorbearer kills a priest, but receives absolution in Rome for this murder and for another he had committed. Upon his return he kills another priest. Mensa 10.36 (Dunn, p. 25). 342 Arms crossed and hanging down. Standing with his arms hanging down, a servant says, »Numpquid es latro suspensus.» With crossed arms he says, »Numpquid es latro ligatus.» Odo(P) #180 (Herv. IV, p. 335). 343 Arms from tomb. A knight borrows arms from a tomb and saves a city. Brought to trial for sacrilege, he is acquitted but his accusers kill him. (Var.: Judgment is pronounced against him.) Gesta(I) #142; Gesta(O) #134; H171 #48, H192 # 7 , H234 #52, H254 #4, H269 #100; Katona #135; Violier #112.

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344 Arms worn in council. A man kills himself after he goes to a council in Rome wearing arms. His own decree forbade the wearing of arms in the council. H417 #35; Pauli #353. 345 Army, pagan. A pagan army is put to flight at the name of Jesus. H396 #420. 346 Arrow shot at monk. The devil shoots a monk with an arrow. Var: An abbot sees the devil shooting arrows at an old hermit. H514 #44; Odo(P) #148 (Herv. IV, p. 323); VP col. 874. 347 Arrow, soul as. The soul of a pious monk flies, like an arrow, to God. Caes. XII, 45. 348 Arrows and oars first used. Crates was the first to use arrows and oars; Pyrricho taught a body of horsemen how to use arms. Mensa 43.217 (Dunn, p. 54). 349 Arrows blown by wind. The Virgin Mary destroys the Moorish army besieging Constantinople by causing the wind to blow the arrows shot at the Christians back towards the enemy. (See also: 3078). EdeB #318; Enx(G) #206; S.T.: D906, F963.2, V268.3. — Krappe, Sources, p. 36 #277(206). 350 Arsenius, St., and stealing monk. A monk continues to steal although St. Arsenius has promised to give him anything he wants. Seelentrost (German) 222, 24; Throst (Swed.) 320, 11. 351 Arsenius, St., clothes of. For a year, Arsenius wears the same work clothes everyday, in order to punish himself with their odor. Alpha #584. 352 Arsenius, St., denies luxury. A hermit who had been a swineherd charges St. Arsenius with living in luxury. The saint repudiates this charge. H656 #130. 353 Arsenius, St., fears death. The dying Arsenius tells his disciples that he has always feared death. H191 #19. — VP cols. 794, 955. 354 Arsenius, St., leaves palace. Concerning St. Arsenius’ leaving the palace of the emperor. Spec. Laic. #455. 355 Arsenius, St., rebuffs matron. Arsenius rebuffs a matron who asks him to pray for her; he afterwards relents. H55 #97, H65 #63; Odo(P) #58 (Herv. IV, p. 288). — VP cols. 771, 858. 356 Arsenius, St., refuses bequest. St. Arsenius refuses a bequest saying that, as a monk he is already dead to the world. H458 # 6 , H583 #24; Spec. Laic. #490. — VP col. 888. 357 Arsenius, St., remorse of. Spec. Laic. #428. 358 Arsenius, St., tells way to salvation. St. Arsenius points the way to salvation in the words, »Fuge, luge, tace, quiesce.» Var.: »See no evil.» Pelbart #320; Tab. Ex. #146. 359 Arsenius, St., weeps continuously. Spec. Laic. #356 360 Arthur, King, and monks. During his sermon the abbot rouses the sleeping monks by the mere mention of the story of King Arthur. Caes. IV, 36; ML #64; S.T.: K477.2. — K. Vollert, Facetien, p. 49. 361 Arthur, King, invites dean. A dean, who had lost his horse, was 3

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invited by King Arthur to his residence; the former died at the hour of the invitation. Alpha #241; Caes. XII, 12; EdeB #365; Recull #204. — Krappe, »Die Sagen vom Konig im Berge», Mitteil. der Schles. Gesellschaft fur Volksk. XXXV( 1935), p. 89. 362 Asceticism of duke’s son. The son of a duke leaves his paternal palace and lives the life of an ascetic in the desert. Viaticum #65. 363 Asceticism of Hilarion. H670 #301. — VP col. 31. 364 Ash tree harms other trees. The ash tree harms all trees which it overtops. H I64 #113. 365 Ash Wednesday, bishopfeasting on. A bishop feasting on Ash Wednes­ day is paralyzed. H664 #230. 366 Ashes, knight turned to. Because a knight tries to kill the animal, Behemoth, the animal turns him to ashes. Aev. #98. 367 Ashes revive fly. Warm ashes revive a drowned fly. HI 63 #94. 368 Ashes, suffocation from. Two men spend their fasting day drinking ale in a tavern. They are punished when the ashes of repentance which they smear on their foreheads cause them to choke to death. Alpha #146; Caes. X, 53; H365 #168, H368 #58, H542 #27; H685 #46; Pauli #666; Pelbart # 1 ; Recull #121; Seelentrost (German) 72, 1-var.; Throst (Swed.) 107, 19. 369 Asp, kills young. A mother asp kills her young one for biting her benefactor’s son. H52 #70. 370 Asp to test legitimacy. Syrians and Africans test the legitimacy of their children by exposing them to asps. H I68 #16. 371 Ass, absent from animal council. The ass absents himself from the parliament of beasts. The lion sends the wolf and fox to summon him, but he pleads exemption on the basis of a charter which the fox can read on his hoof (i.e., if he wants to be kicked). H53 #73. 372 Ass and dog. An ass caresses its master after the fashion of dogs. The dogs are rewarded, but the ass is beaten. Gesta(O) #79; H49 #96; JdeV(Crane) #15; Katona #79; Klapper, Ex. #112; Odo(F) #69 (Herv. IV, p. 241); Aa-Th.: 214; Moser—Rath #73; S.T.: J2413.1; Violier #77. — Holbek #50(Aesop); Mielot # 7 ; fs. 33—34, 97, #47. 373 Ass and goose burn city. An ass burned down an entire city by run­ ning into his stable with a burning goose stuck in his rump. M dM #59; S.T.: J2101. 374 Ass and urine. A doctor teaches his disciple to diagnose an illness by the scraps of food near-by. The stool and urine of an ass are found nearby and the diagnosis is made that the sick man had eaten the flesh of an ass. Mensa 42.209 (Dunn, p. 52); Pauli #792; S. T.: J2412.4. 375 Ass bears corpse. A usurer’s corpse is laid on an ass to decide the place of burial. The ass carries it straight to the gallows. Alpha #705; H86 #48, H94 #21, H405 #577, H473 #1, H498 #241, H529 #9, H548 #105, H588 #77, H604 # 5 , H610 #45, H616 #150, H645 #41; JdeV(Crane) #177; Klapper, Erz. #171; Mensa 44.223 (Dunn,

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p. 221); Pauli #197; Pelbart #123; Recull #624; Moser—Rath #2 7 ; S.T.: N277. — Jacob’s Well #52. 376 Ass buried with obsequies. A clerk buries his ass with obsequies and is rebuked by his bishop. The clerk says that the ass left the bishop five pounds, and the bishop replies, »May he rest in peace.» H490 #141, H688 #16; Mensa 26.121 (Dunn, p. 39); M L p. 70 #60; Pauli #72; S.T.: J1607. 377 Ass carrying flour. Some wish to do what they do not know how to do; others do not want to do what they can do; parable of the ass who is sad that he has to carry flour and the harnessed horse who is sad be­ cause he has to carry his armed master. Tab. Ex. #201. 378 Aw delights in harp music. Those who hear the word of God and then disobey it are like an ass which delights in harp music and yet tramples on the harp. H683 #26. 379 Ass, devoured by wolf. The ass does not feel the wolf devouring his loins. H ll #56; JdeV(Crane) #126; Aa-Th.: 1331; S.T.: J2074. 380 Ass, dies in mill. The ass will not leave the burning mill and per­ ishes. H ll #56, H421, #92, H602 #57; JdeV(Crane) #125. 381 Ass, disturbing prayer. A holy man enters church and leaves his ass outside. He cannot say the Paternoster properly because his mind is on his ass, and so he gives it away to lepers. (See also: 3615). EdB #203; Enx(G) #262; H27 #6, H64 #50, H419 #66, H490 #136, H530 #25, H605 #20, H616 #138, H658 #155; JdeV(Frenken) #47; JdeV(Greven) #48; Odo(P) #45 (Herv. IV, p. 282); Spec. Ex. #676; S.T.: J350.2. — VP vol. LXXIV, 148. 382 Ass, father and son with. A father and son travelling with an ass cannot please anyone. (Var.: Also told of an old holy man and a young monk). Alpha #765; Esempi # 3 ; PI 105 #45, H420 #80; Nicole # 132b; Pauli #577; Recull #706; Aa-Th.: 1215; Moser—Rath #165; S.T.: J1041.2; Wright #144. — Holbek, Danske Studier (1964), pp. 36, 52 (note 21); Knust, p. 299ff. (notes); Trenkner 86 #1. 383 Ass, fears bridge. H104 #38. 384 Ass, heavily burdened. A monk complains that the mule of a peasant is overloaded. The peasant replies: »No, he is not; he can still carry all you and your brothers’ patience.» Mensa 34.162 (Dunn, p. 46); Pauli #473; S.T.: J1302. 385 Ass, hermit speaks to. A hermit says to his ass, »I shall feed you only hay, not wheat.» Tab. Ex. #234. 386 Ass, in lion’s skin. H39 #23, HI 12 #45; Odo(F) #26 (Herv. IV, p. 198) ; S.T.: J347, J347.5. — Gayangos #22; Ward II, 273. 387 Ass, in old age, becomes ugly and useless. Nicole #142a. 388 Aw, left to brothers. A man leaves his ass to his three sons, each in turn to use it for a day. Each assumes that his brothers would feed it. Alpha #437; H435 #55; Pauli #575; Recull #385. 389 Aw, love of, for young. HI 04 #42. 390 Aw, obedient as. »Be like the ass — obedient,» says a saint to a

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man asking his advice about taking holy orders. (Also told of St. Bern­ ard.) Enx(G) #318; H506 #45, H516 #88; Lib. Ex. #161; S.T.: J1440.1. — VP col. 960. 391 Ass, of Christ, preacher on. An old woman seizes the bridle of a preacher’s noble palfrey. »Is this like the ass which Christ rode?» she asks. EdB #82, #255; H422 #94; Mensa 25.111 (Dunn, p. 38). 392 Ass, of leper, priest as. Priests fond of feasting are like a leper’s ass which grows fat on the alms bestowed on the leper. H601 #34; JdeV (Crane) #16. — Mielot #8. 393 Ass, preparedfor archdeacon. A clerk prepares his ass as food for the archdeacon. Mensa 27.128 (Dunn, p. 40.) 394 Ass, rich man compared to. A rich man and his heirs are compared to an ass whose masters feed and tend it while it lives but flay it when it is dying. H561 #26. 395 Ass, ridden by goat. A goat tried to ride an ass and is killed. Odo(F) #73 (Herv. IV, p. 244). 396 Ass strong in back. Some are strong physically, others spiritually, like the ass who is strong in back and weak in front. Tab. Ex. #23. 397 Ass, wolf and fox in court. The ass, the wolf and the fox report to King Lion. The wolf is commended for having kissed a lamb; the fox is praised for having given a goose a severe penance; the ass is punished for having eaten oats in am an’sfield. Esempi # 9 ; H102 # 3 ; ML #61; Nicole #4, #197; Pauli #350; S.T.: U11.1. — Bodker, DeGamle #29; Chauvin II, p. 89. 398 Ass, young, not made to work. A man has a beautiful young ass and does not want to see it work. When the ass is old, it is no longer able to work. Tab. Ex. #122. 399 Assault led by dead bishop. The attack on Jerusalem is led by the Bishop of Le Puy (Ademar), who had died the year before. H520 #22. 400 Assenech and Joseph. Alpha #80. 401 Asses, order of. A sinner does penance by eating grass. Wondering which order of angels he will belong to he hears an angel say, »You do not deserve to belong to the order of angels, but rather to the order of asses.» H602 #48; JdeV(Crane) #55. 402 Asses, stand aside before sacrament. Asses laden with sacks of grain stand aside for a priest bearing the Sacrament. Klapper, Erz. #69. 403 Asses, unsold. A knight, who became a monk, is sent to market to sell asses for the monastery. He mentions all their defects and returns with them all unsold. Alpha #673; EdB #443; H554 #169, H573 #197, H599 # 7 , H602 #46; JdeV(Cranc) #53; Pauli #111; Recull #595; Wright #40. — Jacob’s Weil #82; Toldo, Archin. CXVIL p. 82. •W4 AstroiagjB•,foretells death. An astrologer tells a prince that the latter will die wimin a vear. However, he is exposed as a charlatan by a saigh: who asss .itm tow long he himself has to kve. »hen he replies, •Lwenr- veais*.* the amgnc draws nis sword anc cils vm. H693 #4;

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JdeV(Frenken) #20; JdeV(Greven) #20. — Gladwin, Persian Moonshee Story LXV. 405 Atalanta, and golden balls. A suitor wins Atalanta by outrunning her with the help of three golden balls. V ar.: Names changed or roles interchanged. Gesta(I) #153; Gesta(M) #32; Gesta(O) #60; H ill #35, H I74 #85, H190 #1, H193 #16, H254 #32, H269 #106, H499 #260; Katona #60; S.T.: H331.5.1.1; Violier #58. — BP IV, 138; Crane, Am. Phil.Soc. 21.73; D’Ancona Festschrift 359.446; Ovid, Metam. X 560—580; ^s.f.vgl.Lit.g. 3.110 #28. 406 Athanasius, accused of lewd behavior. JdeV(Frenken) #90; JdeV (Greven) #93. 407 Athanasius, accused of murder. Athanasius is accused of murder and fornication before the Arian emperor. JdeV(Frenken) #89; JdeV (Greven) #92. 408 Athanasius, converts nobleman. A rich nobleman of Alexandria is converted by St. Athanasius and becomes a monk. A girl accuses him of fathering her child, but he appeals to the newborn infant who declares him innocent and names the real father. H669 #295. 409 Athenian, counsel of. An Athenian counsels a man to marry his daughter to a pure man rather than to a rich one. (See also: 1444; 1451). Alpha #476. — Stutt.Lit.Ver. 77, p. 172n. 410 Attacker tricked and killed. A man cries out to another who is about to attack him, »I can’t fight two of you at once.» When his attacker looks back, he kills him. H710 #14; Tab. Ex. #239. 411 Audacity promised to king. A man boasts of his audacity to the king. Seeing the king’s plume, he wishes to take it. When the king belches jestingly to frighten him, the man knocks him down. The king forbids his servants to take away the man and says, »He acts towards me in the way he promised — with audacity.» Mensa 10.34 (Dunn, p. 25). 412 Augustine, St. (no ex.) Lib. Ex. #108. 413 Augustine, St., and Innocent the Donatist. Innocent the Donatist, rebuked by Augustine, retorts that the latter cannot discipline his own monks. H72 #148. 414 Augustine, St., counsel of. A woman is ignored when she seeks counsel from St. Augustine. The next day she learns in a vision that his thoughts were in heaven with the Holy Trinity. Alpha #91; Recull #75. — Toldo, Archiv., CXVIII, p. 351. 415 Augustine, St., heart of. The guardian angel of St. Augustine of Hippo brought his heart in a crystal vessel to St. Swibert. It moved at the words »Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus» in the Te Deum and on every Trinity Sunday thereafter. H619 #174. 416 Augustine, St., in heaven. A devotee of St. Augustine has a vision of the saints in glory but does not see his patron. He is told that Augus­ tine is in the highest heaven disputing about the Trinity. (See also: 414). Alpha #92; H619 #175; Recull #76. 417 Augustine, St., love for Christ. Pelbart #330.

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418 Augustine, St., mental anguish of. St. Augustine tells of his mental anguish and spiritual death. Lib. Ex. #179. — St. Aug., Conf. V, 16. 419 Augustine, St., on pride and envy. Lib. Ex. #169. — Pat. Lat. XI, col. 413. 420 Augustine, St., procession of. St. Augustine and his companions go to Canterbury, chanting the litany, »Deprecamur te Domine.» H135 #143. 421 Augustus, father refuses to name son. »Heliseus» (Helvius Pertinax), invited by the Senate to name his son Augustus, refuses. H I33 #118, H158 #21. 422 Avarice. An exhortation against avarice. Lib. Ex. #76. 423 Ave Maria and Christ Child. (See also: 57, 4163ff, 4628). H613 #98, H674 #6. — Ward II, p. 658. 424 Ave Maria delivers lay brother from devil's attacks. Caes. VII, 25; EdB #108; H360 #108. — de Vooys, p. 187. 425 Ave Maria, devil chased away by. The devil in the guise of a woman’s lover haunts her until she puts him to flight with the words »Ave Maria.» (See also: 1594, 2578). H566 #95. 426 Ave Maria, on boots. A dead man who prayed while walking ap­ pears to his granddaughter with the words »Ave Maria» written on his boots. Caes. XII, 50; H614 #107. — de Vooys, p. 92. 427 Ave Maria on lily. A knight becomes a monk but can learn to say only the two words »Ave Maria.» After his death a lily bearing the words »Ave Maria» on each leaf grows from his grave. Alpha #70; Libri viii (Caes.) Ill, 3; Enx(G) #263; Enx(M) #43, #44; H342 #17, H543 #19, H566 #92, H607 #15, H614 #111, H638 # 4 , H679 #43, H 708#l; JdeV(Frenken) #26; JdeV(Greven) #27; Klapper, Erz. #105, #168; Pauli #332; Recull #61; Seelentrost (German) 79, 27; Throst (Swed.) 118, 16. — Krappe, Sources, p. 19 #43; Ward II, p. 654. 428 Ave Maria on scroll in mouth. A sinful woman is so moved by a sermon that her heart bursts. The preacher and the congregation pray and she revives to make confession and to tell them that she is saved. She says that as a token they will find the words »Ave Maria» on a scroll in her mouth. (See also: 1188, 2944, 3461, 4239). H526 #98. 429 Ave Maria on tongue. The words »Ave Maria» appear on a drowned monk’s tongue. (See also: 5139). H513 #13; H607 #14. — Ward II, 612, 654. 430 Ave Maria on tree. A pilgrim is killed by thieves in the woods, and his staff is planted in his grave with the point in his mouth. It grows into a tree with every leaf inscribed »Ave Maria.» Libri viii(Caes.) Ill, 49; H566 #93. Cf. Klapper, Erz. #105. 431 Ave Maria one-hundred-fifty times a day. On the advice of his prior, a monk says 150 Aves a day. The Virgin appears to him; her cloak is covered with Aves, except for one corner. When that corner too is covered, she bids him come to her. A few days later he dies. (See also: 1102). H527 #115.

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432 Ave Maria said before Virgin image. A clerk says the Ave Maria whenever he passes an image of the Virgin. One day the Child in her arms bids him say »Ave benigne Jesu» to Him too. (Var.: Told also of a nun.) (See also: 5155). H614 #108, H543 #9. — Ward II, p. 697. 433 Ave Maria said nightly. At the words »Dominus tecum,» a Virginimage bows to a nun who says the Ave in church every night after the other nuns have left. H560 #11. 434 Ave Maria saves child. A mother who has to carry food to her hus­ band in the fields, has no one to watch over her child in the cradle. She blesses the child with an »Ave Maria.» While she is gone, the house burns down but the child is unharmed. (See also: 2041). Seelentrost (German) 121, 28; Throst (Swed.) 175, 28. 435 Ave Maria, sweetness from. A hermit has a sensation of sweetness while singing the Ave Maria. (See also: 2599, 2681). Caes. VII, 49. 436 Ave Maria, taught by Virgin to boy. Libri viii(Caes.) III, 30; Klapper, Erz. # 66. 437 Ave Maria, thief says. A thief who had often said the »Ave Maria» is broken on the wheel. A rose, rooted in his tongue, springs from his grave. (See also: 2094). Cf. H467 # 4 (Aves seen as roses), H510 #10, H543 #38. — Cf. Ward II, p. 668. 438 Ave Maria, to be said more slowly. A nun is told by the Virgin to say the Ave Maria more slowly. H397 #433, H535 #3, H560 #12; H605 #14, H638 # 1 ; Seelentrost (German) 80, 19; Throst (Swed.) 119, 14. — Ward II, p. 614. 439 Ave Maria, Virgin smiles at. An image of the Virgin smiles at a woman who says the Ave Maria. Libri viii(Caes.) Ill, 1; III, 37-var. 440 Ave praeclara, Virgin prays during. While »Ave praeclara» is being sung, the Virgin kneels before the Christ Child and asks him to protect the cloister. (See also: 1029, 3920, 5128). Seelentrost (German) 122, 22. 441 Ave Regina, sung after decapitation. A boy still sings the antiphon »Ave Regina» after his head has been cut off by the Jews. The priest is in doubt whether to sing the Mass of the Dead or the Mass of the Virgin at his burial until the corpse rises and begins the »Salve sancta parens.» (Var.) Enx(M) #46; H528 #5, H540 #41, H673 #341; S.T.: V254.7.1. 442 Avignon besieged. The city of Avignon, besieged by Louis V III, is saved by the Virgin. EdB #318; cf. Enx(G) #206. 443 Ax, lost in river. A peasant loses his ax in a river and then stands on a bridge to wait until the water has all flowed past. H556 #205; JdeV(Crane) #34. 444 Ax-handle, from forest. A man asks the forest for wood to make a handle for his ax. He then demolishes the forest with it. JdeV(Crane) #49; JdeV(Greven) #50. 445 Backbiting, by monks. A dead monk returns to tell of the agony he suffered when facing the judgment of God because his fellow monks berated him after death. Alpha #526; Recull #462; cf. Viaticum #20.

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446 Backs of poor washed. A simple monk washed the backs of the poor in front of the monastery. Caes. VI, 9. 447 Bacon worn by knight. A foolish knight wears strips of bacon sent him by the king instead of selling them to buy clothes. H59 # 2 ; Odo(P) # 2 (Herv. IV, p. 265); Wright #122. 448 Badger, defense of, against dogs. The badger defends himself against dogs by blowing himself up. Nicole #65. 449 Badger, greedy, andfox. A greedy badger is cheated out of the fruits of his labor by the fox. Nicole #144a. 450 Bailiff and king. The King of Spain compels his bailiff to make good all losses caused by the plague. (Also told of a knight of Provence.) H74 #167, H384 #176, H416 #15, H617 #155; Odo(P) #152 (Herv. VI, p. 325). 451 Bailiff and wife appear after death. The king’s bailiff and his wife appear after death to their son, the wife in bliss and the bailiff damned. (See also: 1450). H503 #315, H636 #116, H688 #19. 452 Bailiff, extortion of. An old woman tells a Cistercian archbishop that he is eating her alive, because she is suffering from his bailiff’s extortions. H71 #127, H378 #71, H465 #16-var., H491 #153, H519 #13; Odo(P) #113(Herv. IV p. 307); Spec. Laic. #71; Wright #28. 453 Bailiff, given ox. A bailiff is given an ox by one of the parties in a suit before him, and his wife is given a cow by the other party. He pro­ nounces judgment in the latter’s favor, saying, »Bos non potest loqui quia vacca non permittit.» Alpha #99; H375 #23, H431 #15, H654 #97; Recull #83. — Jacob’s Well #57. 454 Bailiff, hangs self. A bailiff convicted of extortion hangs himself and a monk sees devils pouring gold and silver into his mouth. (See also: 3351; 4889, 5039). H473 #29. 455 Bailiff, oppressive death of. H491 #154. 456 Bailiffs, compared to bear. H378 #72. 457 Baker’s aid, cleans oven. A layman becomes a monk and is given a job as a baker’s aid; the baker treats him like a fool and tells him to clean the hot oven. He is not burned, however, and says that the love in his heart cooled the flames. Klapper, Erz. #126. 458 Bald man andfly. A fly annoys a bald man and derides him for his vain efforts to kill it; the fly continues to return until it is finally killed. JdeV(Crane) #190. — Holbek #65 (Aesop); fs.f.vgl. Lit.g. 7, 452, n. 1. 459 Ball, golden, for fool. A dying emperor gives his son a golden ball for the greatest fool he can find. He gives it to a king who had agreed to reign for one year only and then to accept banishment. (See also: 2907). Enx(G) #339; Gesta(I) #206; Gesta(O) #74; H191 #5, H234 #34, H264 #41; Katona #74; S.T.: H1312; Violier #72. — Bolte, 18, 55; Born Judas IV, 276; Toldo, Archiv. Vol. CXVII, p. 79 n.

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460 Ballplayer and benefactor. Just as a good ballplayer makes certain that the receiver can catch the ball, so a benefactor must be certain that the receiver of his goods will put them to good use. Alpha #107. 461 Balm tree of Mesopotamia. The balm tree grows only in Mesopotamia. Nicole #89a; Pelbart #170. 462 Balsam, yearly tribute of. The yearly tribute of balsam for St. Peter’s lamp, supplied by an estate near Babylon, is appropriated by the Pope. St. Peter appears and beats him to death. H664 #237. — Ward II, 638, 673. 463 Banquet, deserted. A hermit ostentatiously refuses wine at a banquet and goes to his cell, where the roof falls in on him. H62 #24; Odo(P) #23 (Herv. IV, p. 274); Spec. Laic. #528. — VP col. 871. 464 Baptism, boy defecates at. At his baptism, a boy defecated into the water of the sacred font. This was interpreted as an unfortunate omen. Tab. Ex. #125. 465 Baptism, child's lack of. A child who dies before he is baptized is punished by God for a sin; he then returns to life. Alpha #337; Recull #290; S.T.: E341.3. — Toldo, Archiv. Vol. CXIX, p. 363. 466 Baptism, head of dead man appears for. Pelbart #14. 467 Baptism in church. A believer must be baptized in church. Alpha #95; Recull #79. 468 Baptism, invisible. An unbaptized priest was considered saved by the decree of Pope Innocent III who judged him invisibly baptized. Aev. #20. 469 Baptism of many. People were baptized with a mere sprinkling of water since there were too many for individual baptism. Libri viii(Caes.) II, 13. 470 Baptism of pagan. A pagan was baptized at Babylon and healed. Caes. X, 43. 471 Baptism, paralysis cured by. A comedian is cured of paralysis and of a hernia through baptism. (See also: 558; 2798). Lib. Ex. #79. — Augustine, De Civ. Dei, Bk. 22 cap. 18. 472 Baptism, penance for neglect of. A bishop will not interrupt lauds to baptize a child who is dying. As penance, he lives on a desert island for seven years until he learns by the miraculous discovery of his keys, which he had thrown into the sea, that he is forgiven. The child rises from its tomb; he baptises it and the child succeeds him as bishop. (See also: 913). H481 #35. 473 Baptism refused. Aigolandus refuses baptism when he observes the wretched existence of Charlemagne’s Christian almsmen. H515 #125. 474 Baptism, requested in jest. St. Genesius is converted when he asks for baptism in jest but receives it in earnest. H447 #29, H719 #19. 475 Baptism, revival for. A dead prince revives in order to be baptized by St. Patrick. H518 #135. 476 Baptism with sand. A monk baptized with sand is later baptized with water. Libri viii(Caes.) II, 12.

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477 Barbara, St., tortured byfather. St. Barbara is tortured by her father because she refuses to pray to his idols. Seelentrost (German) 131, 14; Throst (Swed.) 196, 20. 478 Barbarians, expeditions against. Concerning Emperors Valerius and Trajan and the expeditions against the barbarians. H478 # 4 ; Spec. Laic. #226. 479 Barber, charitable, rewarded. A barber gave one tenth of his earnings to charity and was rewarded by God. Esempi #33. 480 Barber, customer of, with eyes in back of head. A dishonest barber finds that his customer has eyes in the back of his head. EdB #42; H93 #10, H404 #563; Klapper, Erg. #132. 481 Barber, gives penny shave. A barber finds it more profitable to shave a customer for a penny when living expenses are low than for a shilling when living expenses are high. H435 #57; Pauli #601. 482 Barber, half-shaves usurer. H74 #166 (Odo); Odo(P) #151 (Herv. IV, p. 325). 483 Barber, praises dead usurer. When a usurer dies, the only one to praise him is a barber who says that his beard was easy to shave. ML #105; Nicole #24; Pauli #195; Wright #131; S.T.: X511.— Arlotto I, pp. 216—218. 484 Barlaam, age of. Barlaam, when he is more than seventy years old, gives his age as forty since he does not reckon the years which he wasted in vanity. H580 #80; Pelbart #394; — VP col. 510. 485 Barlaam and Josaphat (Excerpt). Viaticum #67. 486 Barlaam converts Josaphat. The father of Josaphat attempts to protect him from all misery, but Josaphat discovers the reality of old age, death, and disease; God then sends Barlaam to convert Josaphat. Seelentrost (German) 27, 34. 487 Barley, full measure of A dying judge can say only, »A full measure of barley.» (This was a bribe promised him.) H4-64 #11. 488 Barn full after tithes. St. Anselm finds the barns half empty and learns no tithes have been taken. When he has tithes levied, the barns becomes full. (See also: 766, 1975, 2566). H536 #11, H578 #51; Lib. Ex. #106. 489 Bam with devil burned. St. Udalric, Bishop of Augsburg, sees a devil in the barn of one of his tenants throwing around the sheaves which had not been tithed. He has the ban and its contents burned. H612 #87, cf. H578 #51. 490 Barnacle on ship. A barnacle clings to a ship until it is full-grown and then it flies away. H I63 #106. 491 Barrel andfalse preacher. A false preacher delivers a sermon, standing on a barrel filled with refuse. He declares that he will sink into the refuse if he is not telling the truth. As he stamps his foot, a piper loosens the rings of the barrel and the preacher falls in. Pelbart #131. 492 Barrenness of wife. Helcanus consoles his wife who is barren. Nicole # 11.

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493 Basilisk, deadly venom of. H I64 #108. 494 Basilisk, genesis of. The basilisk is hatched from an asp’s egg by a toad. H164 #109. 495 Basilisk, killed by own reflection. A basilisk that causes many deaths in Alexander’s army dies when it sees its own image in a mirror. Gesta(I) #23; Gesta(M) #57; Gesta(O) #139; H194 #22, H230 # 4 , H255 #57, H266 #70, Katona #139; Violier #116. 496 Basilisk, nourished by monk. A monk nourishes a basilisk and is killed by it. H62 #33; Odo(P) #31 (Herv. IV, p. 277). 497 Baskets of palm leaves. In order to banish idle thoughts, a hermit occupies himself by making and destroying baskets of palm leaves. Alpha #580; H15 #112; JdeV(Crane) #194; Pauli #53; Recull #511. — VP col. 839. 498 Baskets sold by count’s son. A count’s son, after joining a monastery, is sent out to sell baskets. H584 #43. — VP col. 833. 499 Bastard bequeathed money. A rich man bequeaths some money and personal property to his bastard but makes his legitimate son his official heir. H I82 #45. 500 Bastard son revealed. The alleged son of a king is proved to be a bastard when he displays the base habits of his true father. (See also: 2611, 4489; 4506). Enx(G) #104, #118, #247; Gesta(O) #17; H417 #38; Herzstein, 516—530; S.T.: F642.4.1, J80, J152, J153, J 1661.1.2., J1661.1.6, J 1661.5.2, V I21.4. — Hassell, Nouvelles, p. 79 #15; Krappe, Sources, p. 39 #319(247); Romania X, p. 164; Tractatus (Campbell) #513. 501 Bat as bird and beast. In a war between the birds and the beasts, the bat pretends to be a bird or a beast depending on which side is winning. Birds pluck off his feathers and forbid him to fly except at night. EdeB #297; H13 #81; Herv. II, p. 241; JdeV(Crane) #153; S.T.: B261. — BP II, p. 437; Espinosa, Cuenlos III, p. 356ff.; Holbek #77 (Aesop). 502 Bat singes wings at fire. Nicole #112a. 503 Bath in blood. A lovesick empress is cured by bathing in the blood of her beloved. Gesta(M) #24;G esta(0) #281; H212 #94, H256 #24; Klapper, Erz. #12; M L #50; S.T.: T82. 504 Bath in hell. A man in hell is condemned to ba the people forever. (See also: 1461,2505, 3685,4580). Enx(G) #79, #316. — BP I, 364f.; Gregory, Dial. IV, 40, 42, 55; Krappe, Sources, p. 44 #389(316). 505 Bath in hell and rich man. A vision of hell shows a rich man in a horrible bath because he loved his riches too much. H497 #235. 506 Bath-woman, king’s daughter as. A hermit wishes to know his rewards and learns that they are inferior to those of a bath-woman. He finds her serving the sick and leprous but visited by God and the Virgin. She explains that she is a king’s daughter and has served in this way for thirty years. Klapper, Erz. #197.

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507 Bathing causes thirst. A man bathes every week and is thus always thirsty. Pauli #237. 508 Battle in spite of fatique. In spite of his fatique and wounds, a victorious knight does not hesitate to enter another battle. S.T.: J350.1, J673. — Chauvin II, 37; Knust, p. 379ff. (notes). 509 Battles with thoughts. Heraclides tells of the battles he has with disturbing thoughts and how he drives them away. Alpha #666; Recull #589. 510 Beadle trampled by cattle. A beadle (minor church official) is illegally confiscating cattle. His servant, carrying him across a stream, drops him when the curses of the poor make him too heavy a load to carry. He is trampled to death by the cattle. H688 #20. 511 Beam and mote. A man learns from the parable of the beam and the mote. Alpha #222; Recull #188. — VP col. 918. 512 Beam of wood given. St. Laurentius gives a large beam of wood to a priest building a church. Spec. Laic. #213. 513 Bean, money compared to. Money hoarded is compared to a bean which a woman sows, saying, »l>is y me wene;» money given in alms is compared to a bean which she puts in her mouth, saying, »]>is y me wot.» H531 #46. 514 Beans cure stomach ailment. A fat abbot, on his way to the baths, is cured of a stomach ailment by a diet of beans. Esempi #13. 515 Beans in stomach. A peasant values the beans meant for sowing more when in his stomach rather than when in the earth. Nicole #88b. 516 Bear and priest's harlot. A clerk believes he sees a bear devouring a priest’s harlot. When he goes to tell the priest, he finds the harlot dead beside him. H379 #116, H501 #284; Seelentrost (German) 133, 1; Throst (Swed.) 199, 26-var. 517 Bear at monk's ear. A bear appears at night to a monk who has decided to return to the world. Caes. IV, 91. — Montanus, p. 631 #110. 518 Bear blinded byfire. A bear, blinded by fire, can be easily captured. Nicole #110a. 519 Bear, of hermit, killed. A hermit cures certain men who then kill his bear. The men all die. (Florentius and his bear.) V ar.: Also told of St. Gregory. Alpha #572; Enx(G) #264; H53 #71, H281 #25, H310 #23, H319 #19, H517 #109; Recull #503; S.T.: D1713, D1766.1, M411.8.2. — Arnould, Peches, p. 145 #25; Gregory, Dial. III. 15. 520 Bear, trapped with honey. A hunter lures a bear into a trap with honey. H103 #7, H163 #95, H180 #18; Tab. Ex. #51. 521 Bear, two princes of. An emperor, lost in the forest, removes a thorn from a lion’s foot; living with a she-bear, he has two sons. When a third son is born in bestial form, the emperor with the aid of the lion, flees with his sons: he regains his empire and his sons grow up to be courageous knights. Enx(G) #115; H215 #100, H224 #67, H256 #17; Gesta(I) #159; Gesta(M) #17; cf. Gesta(O) #104; Katona #105;

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MdM #57; S.T.: B443, B531, B600, B633, B635.1. — Espinosa, Cuentos II, p. 498ff.; Liungman 156, 650. 522 Bear whispers to man. A bear whispered into the ear of a man pretending to be dead. Pauli #422; Aa-Th.: 179; Moser—Rath #147. 523 Bear wounded in head. A bear flees when wounded in the head, the most vulnerable part of his body. Tab. Ex. #286b. 524 Beard lost to minstrel. A knight loses his beard through the shrewd­ ness of a minstrel whom he had insulted. JdeV (Frenken) #72; JdeV (Greven) #75. 525 Beard spit at. A philosopher at the royal table spits in the king’s beard, the only place not covered with gold and jewels. Enx(G) #117; H13 #77, H69 #112, H496 #221, H506 #38, H511 #34, H560 #10, H605 #11; JdeV (Crane) #149; ML #55; Odo(P) #102 (Herv. IV, p. 304); Pauli #475; S.T.: J152, J1566.1, M211.1. — Krappe, Sources, p. 29 #188(117). 526 Bears eating priest. A priest who leads an evil life is tormented by a vision of bears eating him. Seelentrost (German) 41, 13; Throst (Swed.) 51, 19. 527 Bearskin calms sea. A bearskin bought for St. Andrew calms a raging sea and saves the ship. Caes. VIII, 57. 528 Bearskin worn tofrighten Christian. A monk strikes the son of a count who tries to frighten him by putting on a bearskin. Caes. VII, 16ter. 529 Beast, devil in shape of. Archbishop Edmund of Canterbury is visited by the devil in the shape of a beast. The devil is rendered power­ less when the Archbishop invokes the memory of Christ’s blood and cross. (See also: 1530ff.). Lib. Ex. #24. 530 Beasts in heat. Populia, the daughter of Marcus, asks why beasts have intercourse only when the female wishes to become pregnant. She is told, »Because they are beasts.» Mensa 17.67 (Dunn, p. 30). 531 Beasts, kinds of. Some beasts are intended for work, others for eating, and still others for neither. Gesta(M) #40; Gesta(O) #261.— Arlotto I, 217. 532 Beasts, procession of. When a sick man dies, the procession of the beasts depicted on the wall passes by. Odo(P) #139 (Herv. IV, p. 319). 533 Beasts transformed into men. St. Remigius, celebrating mass on Whitsunday, sees a vision of dead beasts suddenly transformed into living men. H510 # 5 , H587 #67. 534 Beating of philosopher. The custom at Athens is to test a philosopher by beating him. H49 #98; Odo(F) #70a (Herv. IV, p. 242). 535 Beating, reward for gift. A king’s son is sent to school with money to buy a beautiful fish. Coming to the castle of a generous king, he bribes three servants into letting him give the fish to the king by promising them a share of his reward. The king, who is pleased with the fish, offers him his daughter and his kingdom, but the young man chooses twelve slaps instead, which he shares with the servants. M dM #13; S.T.: K.187. — Bebel, Facet., 2, 56; Liungman #1610; Reinhard,

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JAF, Vol. XXXVI(1923), p. 383; Toldo, £r. 14(1904), pp. 58—60. 536 Beatrice leaves cloister. A nun and keeper of the church, yielding to temptation, leaves the cloister for fifteen years to become a common woman. When she returns, she learns that the Virgin has taken her place, and she is able to resume her former duties. V ar.: a) Escape prevented until she salutes crucifix. b) The Virgin tries to prevent her from leaving. c) Some versions do not mention her return. Alpha #468, #470; Caes. Ill, 11; VII, 34; EdB #91; Enx(G) #212; H342 #16, H541 #16, H604 #1, H612 #83, H614 #104, H680 #49; JdeV(Crane) #60; JdeV(Frenken), p. 48; Klapper, Erz. #72; M L #39, #65; Nicole #80; Pelbart #54; Recull #409, #411; Wright #106; Aa-Th.: 770; S.T.: V265.1. — Arnould, Peches, p. 152, #32; de Vooys, p. 106; Davidson, Ballads and Songs (London, 1894); Espinosa, Cuentos II, p. 333ff.; Grober, Beitr.z.rom.u.eng.Phil. (Halle, 1892); pp. 440—441; J.f.d.Vk. XV, p. 129; Mielot #69; Monteverdi, p. 319a, p. 322(32); Rom.Forsch. XVI, 327; XXVII, 352; Toldo, Archiv. Vol. CXVIII, p. 76; Toldo, £r. XV, p. 129; Ward II, p. 659 #27; p. 723; Watenphul, Die Geschichte der Marienlegende von Beatrix der K. (diss. Gottingen, 1904). 537 Beauty, cause of sin. A woman whose beauty has caused a man to sin hides herself forever from the eyes of all men and women. (See also: 1945, 4744). Alpha #16; Recull #13; S.T.: T336. — VP cols. 255, 348, 1095. 538 Beaver as fish and beast. The example of the beaver, half fish and half beast. H175 #101. 539 Bed, comfortable, of abbot. »Have you given as much?» an abbot, who had given up great wealth, asks a monk who has criticized him for sleeping in a comfortable bed. Cf. Enx(G) #51; Enx(G) #189; S.T.: J1269.28. 540 Bed, in public place. A sick woman has her bed carried to a public place to wait for a famous preacher there. EdeB #75. 541 Bed, of debtor, bought. Emperor Augustus buys the bed of a Roman knight who is always in debt. He says that it must have special virtue or the knight could never have slept. H128 #79, H I70 #35; Pauli #503. 542 Bede, preaches to stones. The Venerable Bede, when old and blind, thinking he has a large congregation, preaches to stones; the latter applaud him. Alpha #637; H326, xxi, H335 #14, H437 #81, H717 #17; Recull #564; Seelentrost (German) 77, 19; Throst (Swed.) 115, 12; S.T.: V222. 543 Beds for master and usurers. A servant comes to a city in which he is shown four beds prepared for his master and three usurers. He is given a chalice from which flames issue. His master and the usurers are taken away the next day by four black horses. (See also: 1475). EdeB #25.

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544 Beds in hell hard. A scholar accustomed to luxury, is converted by a Dominican who advises him to think about how hard the beds are in hell. Alpha #244; EdB #21, H95 #25, H404 #569, H433 #33, H667 #271; Recull #206. 545 Bee andjust man. A just man is compared to a bee who expells the drones, carrying earth to steady itself in flight, and keeps its wings clean. H571 #178. 546 Bee, indtistrious. Nicole #140a. 547 Bee, king, has no sting. H29 #21, H163 #99. 548 Beer turned to wine. The beer of an abbess is turned into wine. Caes. X, 16. 549 Bees and king. Reverence is shown by bees to their king. H I62 #81; Pelbart #162. 550 Bees drink clear water. Bees will drink only clear water. H121 #26. 551 Bees saved from poisoning. A man gives away all his possessions to obtain a cure for his bees which have been poisoned. Enx(M) #15. 552 Bees stay in hive. Bees about to swarm will remain in the hive if their king’s wing is cut off. H121 #24. 553 Beetle useless to bees. A beetle promises to help the bees in making honey and wax, but after three days’ trial he is ejected from their hive as useless. H656 #128. 554 Beetles, prefer filth. Some ecclesiastics are like beetles who roll in filth and prefer it to a flowerbed. H35 #5, H74 #172; Odo(F) #28a (Herv. IV, p. 203); Odo(P) #159 (Herv. IV, p. 327). — Ga­ tos #27. 555 Beggar, alms of, drive off devils. A knight scolds his wife for admit­ ting a beggar. However, he allows the beggar to stay until he dies. On his own deathbed the knight is beset by four devils, who prevent him from confessing, until the beggar appears with a sackful of alms and drives them away. Cf. H599 #3, H616 #136. 556 Beggar, blind, appeal of. A blind beggar asks alms only of those women who are happy with their husbands. H711 #20. 557 Beggar, blind, carries cripple. A blind beggar carries a cripple to a saint’s house to be cured. [Var.: Told of St. Martin.] (See also: 690). Alpha #398; Recull #345. 558 Beggar, cured by baptism. A Carthaginian beggar is pursued by demons until he is freed of them by being baptized. (See also: 471). Spec. Laic. #76. 559 Beggar family, miserly, dies. A miserly beggar, his wife and their daughter each dies in wretchedness, hoarding their money. The daughter’s widower spends it all in carousing. H497 #232, H635 #98. 560 Beggars, envious and greedy. O f two beggars, one is envious and the other greedy; the former asks to lose an eye so that the latter may lose two. Enx(G) #146; H15 #114, H180 #10, H393 #337, H418 #43, H458 #15, H573 #207, H652 #69; JdeV(Crane) #196; Klapper, Erz. #156; Pauli #647 (Oriental texts not parallels); Aa-Th.:

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1331; Moser-Rath 237; S.T.: J2074. — BP II, p. 219n.; Braga, p. 68 #154; Holbek #170 (Aesop); Krappe, Sources, p. 31 #217 (146); Reinhard, JAF Vol. XXXVI(1923), p. 383; Ward II, 274. 561 Beggars, urged to confess. Two ill beggars were urged by the Virgin to confess their sins. Caes. VII, 10. 562 Bell around cow's neck. A man, not wishing to lose his cow, ties a bell around its neck. Such a cow is like a woman who leads in a dance. Upon hearing the sound of the music, the devil says, »I have not yet lost my cow.» JdeV(Crane) #314. 563 Bell miraculously rung. The bell of St. Godricus miraculously begins to ring during prayers. Spec. Laic. #302. 564 Bell tolled for patience. When he was given no alms a monk tolled the bell for the death of Christian love, whereupon the sexton tolled the bell for the end of the monk’s patience. Mensa 34.163; Pauli #474; S.T.: J1302. 565 Bellerophon. H I60 #53. 566 Belling the cat. H36 #27, H104 #28; Odo(F) #54a (Herv. IV, p. 225); Wright #92; S.T.: J671.1. — Arlotto II, pp. 226—228; Gatos #55. 567 Bell-ringer and priest freed. A danish bell-ringer, excommunicated because of a brawl with his priest, sees the Pope, is freed, and receives papal permission to free the priest from the ban also. Aev. #88. 568 Bell-ringer carried away. A bell-ringer is carried away at night by the devil to the top of a tower. He is saved, however, through his trust in Christ. Caes. V, 56. 569 Bell-ringer struck by Crucifix. The Crucifix in the Church of St. George strikes the bell-ringer who had taken candles from the altar for his own use. Caes. VIII, 25. 570 Belly and the members. Fable of the debate of the Members and the Stomach. H4 #1, H125 #58, H420 #79; JdeV(Crane) #73; Pauli #399; Pelbart #300; Aa-Th. #293; S.T.: J461.1. — Holbek #89 (Aesop). 571 Belly bursts open. The belly of a priest bursts because of his great devotion. Caes. IX, 32. 572 Belly, victims in. Victims can speak from the bellies of those who swallowed them. (See also: 4311). Alpha #335; Recull #288; S.T.: F915. — Toldo, Archiv. CXIX, p. 89. 573 Belshazzar's feast. H238 #48, H311 #51. — Arnould, Peches, p. 167 #48. 574 Belts, size of indicate luxury. EdeB #283. 575 Benedict, Pope, bestial life. Pope Benedict IX appears after death in the form of a monster with an ass’s head and bear’s body. He says that he had to assume this shape because of his bestial life. H538 #14, H690 #39. — Jacob’s Well #54; Petrus Damianus, Opusc. X IX c. Ill; Migne CXLV, col. 428. 576 Benedict, St, and excommunication of nuns. Spec. Laic. #276 (Welter).

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577 Benedict, St., andfood container. Tab. Ex. #272. 578 Benedict, St., chastises monk. A monk sees, in a vision, the dead prior chastised by Saints Benedict and Bernard. H400 #482. 579 Benedict, St., cures monk of straying at prayer time. H515 #77; Lib. Ex. #63. 580 Benedict, St., glutton not recognized by. A Benedictine, having become a bishop and a glutton as well, is not recognized by St. Benedict at the gate of Paradise. EdeB #480. 581 Benedict, St., in thornbush. St. Benedict, tempted by the devil in the form of a blackbird, throws himself into a thornbush to resist the temptation. (See also: 4835, 4840). H62 #31, H282 #39, H310 #40, H643 #10; Odo(P) #29 (Herv. IV, p. 276); Seelentrost (German) 198, 23; Spec. Laic. #93a, #558; Throst (Swed.) 289, 28;Trost (Dan.) 39, 1. — Arnould, Peches, p. 156 #39; Gregory, Dial. II, 2. 582 Benedict, St., raises up stones and monks. Tab. Ex. #223a. 583 Benedict, St., saves nun. A dead nun returned to say that St. Benedict had saved her. Gaes. X II, 35. 584 Benedictine persecutes Franciscans. A Benedictine abbot persecutes the Franciscans until he has a vision of his judgment in which two Franciscans save him from damnation; he joins their order. H634 #96. 585 Benediction, monk without dies suddenly. Spec. Laic. #42. 586 Benefactress buried with concealed sin. The bishop has a benefactress of the clergy buried before the altar in his cathedral. When he learns from a devil (whom he sees in her tomb) that she has concealed a mor­ tal sin, he ejects her corpse from the church. H562 #33. 587 Benefices, plurality of, contradiction. A chancellor says that a »plurality of benefices» contradicts the rules of grammar. The person (i.e., the noun) is singular and the benefices (i.e., the adjective) are plural, (sic) Mensa 28.132 (Dunn, p. 41). 588 Benevolences, four types of. There are four types of benevolences: alms given in youth = gold; given in old age = silver; given just before death = lead; given after death = dirt. JdeV(Frenken) #56; JdeV (Greven #58). 589 Bequests, refused to monks. A rich man with an only son makes a will. After his death priests and monks request their share but the son refuses. M L #30. — Morlini, Nov. #27. 590 Berecyntia depicted. Berecyntia, mother of the gods, is depicted with Cupid, Februus, and Apollo grouped about her, bearing inscrip­ tions (with English translations). H I78 #134. 591 Berecyntia with embattled crown. HI 78 #135. 592 Bernard, St., aids evil monk. St. Bernard cures an evil monk of his sickness but leaves a good monk ill; he says that he fears for the soul of the former. JdeV(Frenken) #10; JdeV(Greven) #10. 593 Bernard. St., and cripple. A cripple was saved by the blessing of St. Bernard. Caes. I, 16"r. 4

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594 Bernard, St., and passion. The revelation of the passion of Christ as it appeared to St. Bernard. Pelbart #234. 595 Bernard, St., and peasant. (See also: 3615). Pelbart #248. 596 Bernard, St., and pride. St. Bernard yields only briefly to the pride that comes to him as he delivers a sermon to an attentive congregation. Alpha #112. 597 Bernard, St., and scholastic argument. St. Bernard visits schools of logic at Paris and is asked to settle a dispute. Since he was never trained in school-logic, he uses man’s transgression and condemnation as a basis for scholastic argument. H496 #222, H537 # 6 ; JdeV(Crane) #32. 598 Bernard, St., and temptress. St. Bernard gets rid of a temptress by shouting »Thieves!» Enx(G) #106; H17 #129, H72 #141, H418 #48, H461 #79, H466 #27, H560 #8, H645 #34, H653 #85; JdeV(Crane) #212; Odo(P) #122 (Herv. IV, p. 312); Spec. Laic. #94; S.T.: T331, T311.9. 599 Bernard, St., and thief. St. Bernard persuades executioners to hand over a condemned thief to him for more severe and prolonged punishment; he then makes him a monk at Clairvaux. (See also: 4798). H605 #15. 600 Bernard, St., at judgment. St. Bernard has a vision of his judgment in which he answers the devil’s charges by pleading the merits of Christ’s passion. H I80 #15; Pelbart #357. 601 Bernard, St., avoids punishment in anger. St. Bernard does not want to punish while in anger. JdeV(Frenken) #52; JdeV(Greven) #54. 602 Bernard, St., bids suppliant wait. St. Bernard asks a man seeking admission to a monastic order to await his return from a meeting. During his absence the man dies; the saint has the tomb opened and finds the corpse dressed as a monk. H702 #13. 603 Bernard, St., brother of. St. Bernard’s youngest brother refuses to take over his brother’s lands and becomes a monk. H25 #215, H62 #30, H519 #3, H530 #23, H570 #156, H654 #99; JdeV(Crane) #293; Odo(P) #28 (Herv. IV, p. 276). 604 Bernard, St., cannot swallow herbs. St. Bernard returns to Siena to become a hermit. When he cannot swallow herbs, he interprets this as a sign that he has given into temptation. Esempi #20. 605 Bernard, St., casts out devil. H I80 #5. 606 Bernard, St., drives demon away. St. Bernard gives a woman his staff so that she might guard herself against a demon that approaches her bedside nightly. He then drives the demon away permanently by hav­ ing all the people in the church burn a candle while he commands the demon never to appear again. Alpha #114; Recull #94. 607 Bernard, St., eats capon. Louis VII, visiting Clairvaux, finds St. Bernard, old and sick, eating a capon at the command of his superior. EdeB #490. 608 Bernard, St., falls dumb during sermon. Spec. Laic. #567. 609 Bernard, St., father of, compared to log. St. Bernard compared his

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father to a damp log that will not burn and induces him to become a monk. H25 #216; JdeV(Crane) #293b*. 610 Bernard, St., father of, joins order. When the father of St. Bernard joins an order, Bernard wonders how to address him; he cannot call him »father» since this is not the custom in the monastery, and he cannot call him »brother» since he is his father. He says to him »Musart, musart, tu viens trop tart.» Cf. H492 #168, H654 #100; Nicole #140b; Tab. Ex. #269. 611 Bernard, St., ill, and a confused devil. Spec Laic. #369. 612 Bernard, St., predicts conversion of Andrew. Andrew curses St. Bernard for having converted his master, Henry. He swears that he will prove St. Bernard a false prophet by never joining the monastery as the saint has predicted. But through the strength of the Holy Ghost, Andrew is also converted. Caes. I, 19bis. 613 Bernard, St., predicts conversion of clerk. St. Bernard predicts that the clerk of the Bishop of Mainz will be converted and will become a monk at Clairvaux. His prediction comes true. Caes. I, 8. 614 Bernard, St., rebukes dying lay brother. St. Bernard rebukes a dying lay brother at Clairvaux for over-confidence, but afterwards blesses him. H582 #7. 615 Bernard, St., rebukes sister. St. Bernard’s sister is rebuked by her brother for her fine clothes. Enx(G) #230; H23 #194, H514 #54; JdeV(Crane) #273; Klapper, Erz. #95.; S.T.: T336.2.2. 616 Bernard, St., repents vanity. St. Bernard feels vain because of his tears; repenting, he is comforted by an angel. H28 #7, H466 #28. 617 Bernard, St., sermon of. The effectiveness of St. Bernard’s sermon in converting sinners. Pelbart #209. 618 Bertha and false bride. The Bertha-legend with the motif of the false bride. Viaticum #74. 619 Bier, dead rise on. (Var.) a) A monk is pursued by a dead man who has risen from his bier to ask him and other Christians to pray for him. Caes. VII, 164. b) A learned and respected Doctor at Paris rises three times on his bier and cries out that he is damned. This event is related to the foundation of the Carthusian order by St. Bruno in 1084. (See also: 2361). H704 #30. c) An evil knight was raised up on his bier by devils after he had died. [Var.: 1) Monk sits up while being laid out for burial; 2) Girl supposed to be dead of plague rises on her bier.] Caes. X II, 11. H704 #31, #32. 620 Bier trampled by asses. A nobleman says he would rather hear asses braying than priests chanting. At his funeral asses trample on his bier. H387 #233, H491 #152. 621 Bird as punishment. A knight is punished for his sins in purgatory by an object resembling a bird. Alpha #93; H83 # llb , H95 #28; Recull #77; Spec. Laic. #495.

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622 Bird blind to good. The nicticorax is a night bird, in the daytime it is blind to the good in others and sees only their evil qualities. JdeV (Crane) #83. 623 Bird captures small bird. A bird keeps another small bird captive all night but lets it go free at dawn. H125 #55, H126 #62. 624 Bird dies of hunger. Those who are fervent upon conversion and later become lukewarm are like the bird that first catches larks and partridges, then sparrows and smaller birds, then beetles, flies and worms; they finally die of hunger. JdeV(Crane) #308. 625 Bird drops tortoises. St. Martin’s bird drops tortoises on the rocks and is thus able to eat them. (See also: 1832). H37 #46, H65 #65; Odo(F) # 9 ; Odo(P) #60 (Herv. IV, pp. 184, 289); Tab. Ex. #99a. — Espinosa, Cuentos II, p. 305ff.; Gatos # 5 ; Holbek #47 (Aesop). 626 Bird, golden, given to Apollo. Alpha #682; Recull #603. 627 Bird holding up sky. St. Martin’s bird boasts that he can hold up the sky, but he flies away in terror when a leaf falls. H37 #44: H I68 #18; ML #137; Odo(F) # 7 (Herv. IV, p. 183); Wright #55; S.T.: J2273.1. — Gatos #3. 628 Bird in sickroom. The Indian bird »caladarius,» brought into a sickroom, either cures the patient at once or, by turning away, reveals that his disease is fatal. V ar.: Bird also called Calabre or Caladrix. (See also: 1470). H162 #73, H610 #61, H720 #33; Herzstein #64; Nicole #45a. 629 Bird of Paradise, vanity of. The Bird of Paradise clamours for light so that it may see the beauty of its own plumage. H I61 #65. 630 Bird of Paradise, wail of. The Bird of Paradise, when snared, utters such a wail that its captors release it. H I36 #145, H I63 #98. 631 Bird pierces breast. A knight in quest of the Grail has an allegorical vision of Redemption: a bird on a withered tree pierces its breast and with its blood revives countless birds that lie beneath the tree. H670 #308. 632 Bird reveals adulteress. A boy catches a bird which helps a peasant discover the adulterous affair of his wife with a priest. Richly rewarded, the boy leaves. He gains a wife by winning a race with the help of his companions, who can perform special feats: one runs fast, another hears grass grow, a third is an expert bowman, and a fourth can produce a strong wind with his breath. (See also: 3147). M dM #27; Aa-Th.: 571A, 1358C; S.T.: K1571. — Liungman #27; Sercambi, ed. Renier, p. 50f. 633 Bird stalks serpents. The woodpecker covers his fine plumage with mud in order to stalk serpents. H162 #72, H I75 #105. 634 Bird with human face. (Harpy.) A bird with a human face kills a man. When it sees its own face in the water, it mourns for having caused the death of its own kind. H56 #111, H128 #81, HI 76 #116, H572 #183. 635 Bird-call imitated to catch bird. Just as a bird-catcher imitates a

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bird-call to attract birds to him, so does a heretic use the Bible to con­ vert a youth to his own ends. EdB #498. 636 Bird-language as reward. (Var.) A knight saves a serpent from fire and is rewarded with the knowledge of bird-language. H265 #55; MdM #34, #35; Aa-Th.: 517; S.T.: B217, J816.1. — Seven Sages (Campbell) xii; Chauvin II, 21; Knust, p. 352 (notes); Liungman #516, #517. 637 Birds and lazy man. A clairvoyant woman, consulted by a lazy person on how to become wealthy, sent him to watch the birds going to bed late and rising early. EdeB #394. 638 Birds chanting antiphon. A canon dreams that he hears birds chant­ ing an antiphon. H391 #301. 639 Birds die in Passion Week. A pilgrim to the Holy Land is taken by his Saracen guide to a grove where the birds die during Passion Week and revive on Easter Day. H I27 #69, H706 # 2 . — Festial, p. 171. 640 Birds fight in air. A fight between birds in the air is a bad omen. Pelbart #65. 641 Birds' nests with two openings. Diomed’s birds build their nests with two openings, one facing east and the other west. H150 #105, H164 #120, H I74 #94. 642 Birds shelter parents. Kind birds shelter their old parents with their wings. Enx(M) #41; S.T.: W19.1. — Barthelemy l’Anglais, lib. X II, cap. 9. 643 Birds, sons resembling. A nobleman, making out his will, asks each of his sons what bird he would most wish to resemble. The eldest answers, »A hawk,» and is left lands in England to plunder. The second answers, »A starling,» and is left lands in Wales, because the Welsh are known for their sociability. The third answers, »A swan,» (a bird whose long neck gives time for consideration before speaking). He is left nothing, but later becomes Chief Justice. H403 #536; Wright #34. — Altd. Bl. II, 81. 644 Birds trapped by serpent. A two-horned serpent entraps small birds. H164 #110. 645 Birth, obscene (I). Because Nero wished to bear a child, magicians produced a woman from a potion. (See also: 646, 3035, 4225, 4267). Alpha #225; Recull #191; cf. Seelentrost (German) 179, 8; Throst (Swed.) 263, 10. — Toldo, Archiv. Vol. CXVIII, p. 331. 646 Birth, obscene (II). A woman gives birth to a dog’s head because her husband goes hunting on Sundays. (See also: 1941, 4267). Pauli #390; Moser-Rath # 8 ; S.T.: T551.3.1. 647 Birth prophecyfulfilled. An emperor, staying one night in a forester’s hut, is awakened by a voice which tells him that a child, who will succeed him in his empire, is being bom. Fie learns next morning that the forester’s wife has just given birth to a son. His emissaries, refraining from killing child, place him in a hollow tree; he is found and adopted by a nobleman who later brings him to court. The emperor sends him

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to the empress with a letter bidding her put the bearer to death, but on the way his host alters it into an order to wed him to the princess. V ar.: A king casts his daughter’s illegitimate son into the woods, the pig sty, and the ocean to try to destroy him. When the son survives, the king names him Avidus and makes him his heir. Avidus is the first to tame oxen to the plow. Alpha #593, #654; Gesta(I) #149; Gesta(M) #29, #48; Gesta(O) #20, #42; H198 #42, H231 #19, H254 #48, H263 #21, H436 #74, H703 #21; Katona #20; Recull #523; Violier #20; Aa-Th.: 930; S.T.: H1510. — BP IV, 137; Dawkins, Mod. Greek Folktales #50; Grimm # 3 , 295; Migne, CXCVIII, cols. 967—971; Monatsbericht der k. preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften (Berlin, 1869), pp. 10—48; Toldo, Archiv. Vol. CXVIII, p. 345; £s. 17, 339; 20, 95. 648 Bishop accused falsely. A girl falsely accuses a bishop of being the father of her child. (See also: 1460).Enx(G) #18, #216; S.T.: K2111.6, Q227.2, Q559.5.1, Q578, T574, T584. — D’Ancona, Poemetti pop. llal, p. 37; Herrig CXIX (1907), p. 98, p. 384; Krappe, Sources, p. 36 #287 (216); Strauss, Die Bulgaren (1898); VP col. 958. 649 Bishop, ass of the devil. A bishop, told in a vision that he is an ass of the devil, resigns his see. H75 #176. 650 Bishop, choice of. Louis VII, consulted by the canons on his choice for bishop, prefers Maurice de Sully to Pierre le Mangeur. EdeB #485; JdeV(Frenken) # 6 ; JdeV(Greven) #6. 651 Bishop, choice of difficult. A cardinal finds the choice between two bad men for bishop very difficult. (Var.: One man is too indecent, the other too stingy.) Alpha #289; Pauli #564; Recull #247. 652 Bishop, extravagant, shamed by converts. EdeB #480; JdeV(Frenken) #36; JdeV(Greven) #37. 653 Bishop, German, damned. Concerning a clerk who said that the German bishop could not be saved. Caes. II. 27. 654 Bishop, goodfor two years. A bishop is told that if he works less, he will live five years, otherwise he will live only two. He replies that he would rather be a good bishop for two years than a bad one for five. Mensa 26.117 (Dunn, p. 39). 655 Bishop in desert. When a bishop who had lived for seventy years in the desert died, his sources of nourishment withered away. H468 #24; Seelentrost (German) 37; 8; Throst (Swed.) 45, 30. — VP col. 1010. 656 Bishop, murdered by archdeacon. An archdeacon murders a bishop in order to succeed him. The archdeacon himself dies suddenly during the celebration of his own nomination to head the bishopric. (See also: 3434). EdeB #46. 657 Bishop of Paris, self-elected. The simple-minded Maurice elects himself Bishop of Paris. Caes. VI, 19. 658 Bishop sees predecessor tormented. A bishop-elect sees his predecessor tormented and thrown, into hell by devils; raking flighty he becomes a Franciscan. H672 #339.

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659 Bishopric refused by Basil. Basil is reproved for refusing a bishopric. (See also: 751). H462 #107. V ar.: Monk refuses bishopric, saved. Alpha #306; EdB #296, #489; H34 #1, cf. H76 #187, H352 #22, H400 #480 (Spec. Laic.), H434 #45, H449 #51, H458 #11, H462 #107, H492 #169; Odo(F) #1 (Herv. IV, 176); Recull #264. — Ward II, p. 28. 660 Bitch in borrowed kennel. A bitch in a borrowed kennel refuses to give it up. H14 #99; JdeV(Crane) #161; S.T.: W156. 661 Bitch, weeping. An old woman tells a faithful young wife that the weeping bitch she sees is her daughter who was transformed when she refused to lie with a man; the young wife is thus deceived into yielding to a man. Var. a) A procuress tells a matron that another woman is weeping because she let a youth die of unrequited love. b) A devil uses the example of a weeping bitch in order to seduce a virgin. Aev. #67; Alpha #537; Disc. Cler. #13 (Schwarzbaum II, pp. 24—28); Enx(G) #234; Gesta(I) #61; Gesta(O) #28;H 21 #171, H237 #18; H267 #82, H507 #55, H572 #194; JdeV(Crane) #250; Katona #28; Mensa 18.74 (Dunn, p. 31); Nicole # 138b; Pauli #873; Recull #469; Violier #27; Wright #13; Aa-Th.: 1515; S.T.: K1350, K1351. — Chauvin V III, 45 #13; Chauvin IX, 22; Holbek #193 (Aesop); Jahrb. 90 IV, p. 20; Landau, Decamerone, p. 287; McKnight, Middle English Humorous Tales in Verse (Boston, 1913); Seven Sages (Campbell) #15; Tawney-Penzer I, 169; Ward II, pp. 197, 238—239, 255. 662 Black boys, wooly-haired, hinder baptism. A doctor suffering from gout is visited in a dream by black, wooly-haired boys who tread on his feet and try to keep him from being baptized. Pie overcomes them and is baptized, and his gout leaves him. Lib. Ex. #78. — Aug., De Civ. Dei, Bk. 22 cap. 8. 663 Black man in church. St. Paul sees a horrible black man enter a church. Spec. Laic. #120. 664 Black men in church. A hermit sees black men in church. They are in the company of devils, but after confession the devils depart. Klapper, Erz. #26. 665 Black, the color required by king. A king orders a knight to bring to him, on an appointed day, a black horse, a black dog, a black falcon, and a black horn. Gesta(I) #176; Gesta(O) #190; H240 #64; H264 #31.— BP IV, pp. 140—41. 666 Blacksmith and emperor's face. A blacksmith is told by the emperor not to reveal the reason for spending the four silver coins he earns every day, until he has seen the emperor’s face 100 times. When told that he has broken his vow, the blacksmith says that he has seen the emperor 100 times on the gold coin given him by sages. (See also: 2105) Cf. H649 #23; M dM #79. — D’Ancona, Studi II, 143f. 667 Blacksmith, drunken. On his deathbed a drunken blacksmith sees hell open before him. Pelbart #271.

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668 Blacksmith, heretical. An heretical blacksmith claims that any peasant can make the Body of Christ at his own table (i.e., the Host). Caes. V, 19bu. 669 Bladders compared with bishops. A sermon comparing the qualities of two bladders with two bishops. JdeV(Frenken) #41; JdeV(Greven) #42. 670 Blame for sin, unpunished. It is better to allow a sinner to go un­ punished than to allow one’s self to become angry at him. Alpha #403; Recull #350. — Val. Max. IV, 1, ex. 1.2. 671 Blasius, St., tortured. Although he is tortured, St. Blasius does not renounce his faith. In prison he is nourished by a faithful woman who brings him meat. Seelentrost (German) 55, 4; Thrast (Swed.) 75, 2. 672 Blasphemer carried away by demons. A blasphemer, giving himself over to the devils, is carried away by them. EdeB #383. 673 Blasphemer chokes on bread. A blasphemer chokes on bread and swears never to blaspheme again. (St. Peter of Milan). (See also: 2649). Seelen­ trost (German) 44, 9; Threst (Swed.) 56, 19. 674 Blasphemer, drowned. A blaspheming sailor drowns although he knows how to swim. His recovered body reveals a shrivelled-up tongue. (See also: 4904). EdeB #390. 675 Blasphemer, knight strikes. (Var.) A one-eyed knight beats a king’s chamberlain for blasphemy and escapes recognition through the miracu­ lous recovery of his other eye. EdeB #385; Enx(M) #53; HI 7 #136, H445 #8, H511 #30, H550 # 128, H569 #143; H599 #8, H719 # 12; JdeV(Crane) #219; Odo(P) #85 (Herv. IV, p. 298); Klapper, Erz. #62; S.T.: J 1164, J1675, Q221.3. — Esempi # 8 ; Krappe, Sources, p. 19 #53. 676 Blasphemer overcome. A man who has received the sacrament over­ comes his enemy, a blasphemer. Alpha #163; Caes. IX, 48; Recull #135; S.T.: V34.3. 677 Blasphemer punished in limbs. A blasphemer is punished in the limbs he used to express a curse. EdeB #391, #392. 678 Blasphemer shrinks and dies. EdeB #388. 679 Blasphemer, slow death of. A heretic count is subjected to a slow death for his blasphemy. Caes. XI, 51. 680 Blasphemer, struck by lightning. The son of a knight is killed by a thunderbolt because his father cursed the bad weather. V ar.: Olimpius blasphemes the Trinity and is struck by a thunder­ bolt. Caes. IV, 21; EdB #389; cf. 387(Coachman); H664 #227. 681 Blasphemer struck dead. A blasphemer is struck dead. (Var.: blood from mouth, eyes dropping out, odor from heart). Enx(G) #98; Enx(M) #55; H510 #12; S.T.: Q221.3, Q221.3.1, Q221.3.2, Q221.3.3, Q555.6.5.1, Q558, Q558.4. — Ward II, p. 628. 682 Blasphemer turns other cheek. A blasphemer is hit in the face by his father and turns the other cheek, but his father demands a third blow. Esempi #7.

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683 Blasphemy at death. A nobleman dies blaspheming God for not curing him. H624 #6. 684 Blasphemy, boy dies for. A boy blasphemes the name of God and is struck down by the plague. When his sick-bed is surrounded by black men, he once again blasphemes God, and is struck dead. Alpha #115; Enx(M) #52; H25 #217, H73 #152, H281 #28, H310 #27, H319 #21, H378 #82, H454 #5, H461 #82, H511 #35, H514 #52, H539 #16, H545 #53, H584 #35, H645 #38, H679 #44; JdeV (Crane) #294; Odo(P) #132 (Herv. IV, p. 315); Recull #95; Seelentrost (German) 192, 20; Throst (Swed.) 282, 12; S.T.: D2020, Q.221.1, Q.221.3, Q451.12, Q.552.10. — Gregory, Dial. IV, 18 (Migne LXXVII, cols. 344—349); Lucanor #44. 685 Blasphemy, delivery from. An angel delivers a virgin from the spirit of blasphemy but leaves her with the temptation of the flesh. (Var.: anchoress.) Alpha #751; Caes. V III, 42; H362 #130, H616 #137; Recull #669. 686 Blind bishop cured. A blind bishop, sitting in a church, rewards a boy who tells him the story of Christ’s resurrection; he is subsequently cured when milk is placed in his eyes by the saints. (See also: 3086). Lib. Ex. #9. 687 Blind man and lame man in orchard. A blind man and a lame man, ordered to guard a king’s orchard, steal the fruit themselves. H84 #22, H99 #70, H537 # 9 , H610 #49, H652 #66. — Talmud: Monatschrift fur Gesch. u. Wissensch. des Judentums, (1873), p. 75. 688 Blind man, assured of seeing God. A nobleman, who has been blinded by Henry, Duke of Saxony, repents of his sins and often goes to church to pray. When he is told that he cannot see God without eyes, learned men reassure him by quoting Luke xxi.18, »Not a hair of your head shall perish.» Caes. II, 35. 689 Blind man carries guide. A layman asks why monks fear purgatory so much. In answer, a monk tells him the following story: a blind man and his guide come to a bridge. The guide, who can see, is afraid to cross it. The blind man is unaware of the danger and carries his guide across. Alpha #140; H96 #29, H431 #16. 690 Blind man carries lame man. A blind man carries a lame man to the king’s feast. (See also: 557). Gesta(I) #201; Gesta(M) # 6 , #40; Gesta(O) #71; H192 # 9 , H254 # 6 , LI270 #117, H658 #166; Katona #71, #74; MdM #141; Pelbart #275; Violier #69; S.T.: N886. — Anderson, »Zu der Parabel vom Blinden und Lahmen,» Zs.fslav. Philol. 25 (1956), 311—312; Arlotto II, p. 255 # 1 ; Germania 25, pp. 298—299; B. Waldis, Esopus II, iv. #61, pp. 145, 168; Trenkner, Greek JVovella, p. 3 # 1 ; Wallach, Journal of Bibl. Lit. LXII(1943), 333; Zhdanov, Russkii bylevii epos., p. 474 (S.Pbg., 1895); Zs.f.vgl.Litg. 3, 486, 7. 691 Blind man cured. St. Paul cures blind man. Spec. Laic. #291. 692 Blind man given sight. The Virgin Mary gives sight to a blind man.

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EdeB #113; H570 #159; Klapper, Erz. #82; Libri viii(Caes.) Ill, (27). 693 Blind man hopes to recover sight. A blind man hopes to recover his sight by the help of St. Edmund. His guide Meranger, afraid of losing his job, hopes that he remains blind. H491 #147. 694 Blind man led miraculously. A blind monk is miraculously led to church services. Caes. VI, 105. 695 Blind man listens to ghosts. Two men bet as to whether or not truth governs the world. The blinded man, listening to the conversations of ghosts, regains his sight and marries the king’s daughter, while his opponent is blinded by the ghosts. Pauli #489. 696 Blind man regains twenty pounds. A monk steals twenty pounds which a blind man had concealed under a church seat. Unable to find his money the next morning, the blind man bids his boy lead him to the monk. He tells the monk that he has hidden twenty pounds under a certain church seat and wishes to put twenty more there. He wants the monk to take the forty pounds when he dies and offer them for the salvation of his soul. Hoping to secure the other twenty, the monk replaces the money thus allowing the blind man to regain his wealth. Mensa 20.83 (Dunn, p. 33). — S.T.: J1141.6. 697 Blind man with magic sight. The magic sight of a blind holy man allows him to see that the king is about to be poisoned. Enx(G) #170; S.T.: D1317.0.1, D1713, D1820.1.1. — Gregory, Dial. III. 698 Blind men and calf (pig). Blind men, trying to kill a calf (pig), hurt each other. Enx(M) #64; H71 #133, H572 #189; Herzstein #68; JdeV(Crane) #43; Odo(P) #118 (Herv. IV, p. 310); S.T.: K1081, L211. — Krappe, Sources, p. 20 #64. 699 Blind men and lame men cured against will by relics of St. Martin. Gesta(O) #72; H9 #41, H537 #10, H573 #206; JdeV(Crane) #112; ML #141; Violier #69; S.T.: X351. — Chauvin II, 221 #13, III, 52ff.; Cohen, »Le Theme de l’aveugle et du paralythique. . .» Melanges offerts a Mr. Emile Picot (2 vols) Paris, 1913, I, 393—404. 700 Blind men and lame men helped. A dean sees Dom Ensfried of Cologne helping blind and lame men across a street. Caes. VI, 56. 701 Blind menfall into abyss. A blind man, accepting as his guide another blind man, falls with him into an abyss. S.T.: J2 133.9. — Chauvin II, 34; Knust, p. 367 (notes). 702 Blind men scream. Pauli #326; cf. Wright #104. 703 Blind men, two, aided by God and emperor. One blind man believes that whoever is aided by God is well aided; the second blind man believes that whoever is helped by the emperor is well aided. The emperor fills a loaf with coins and gives it to the second blind man, who believing the bread to be worthless, sells it to the first blind man. When the latter becomes wealthy, the second blind man complains to the emperor and is told that those aided by God are indeed well aided. Wright #104.

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704 Blind woman cured by saint. Saint Uarione cures a blind woman. However, she shows her gratitude by giving money to a doctor instead of to the poor. Esempi #31. 705 Blinding as punishment. Blinding as punishment for cruelty and idolatry. Enx(M) #22: S.T.: Q451.7.5. — S. Runciman, A History of the First Bulgarian Empire (London, 1930), p. 134 #1. 706 Blindness, explained by three. The first blind man explains he was blinded by the fumes of manure. The second was blinded in an attempt at highway robbery and the third by a dead woman whom he robbed of her burial ornaments. Klapper, Erz. #76. 707 Blindness, from pretended blindness. A man becomes blind after pre­ tending to be so. Libri viii(Caes.) 1(14). 708 Blindness, money as solace for. A hundred shillings, offered as solace for blindness, are refused to a reveler who had blinded himself so that he might claim the money. Gesta(I) #205; Gesta(M) # 4 , #11; Gesta(O) #73; H193 #13, H234 #43, H264 #40, H385 #205 (Spec. Laic.); Katona #73; Violier #71. — J. R. Reinhard, JAF, »Strokes Shared,» Vol. XXXVI (1923), p. 383. 709 Blindness, removed by magistrate. A bishop appoints only his l'elatives to high offices. Objecting to this, a magistrate says he will remove the blindness of those (like the bishop) who overlook him for promotion. EdeB #412. 710 Blood and viscera of animals eaten. A peasant gives his servants and his children the blood and viscera of the butchered animals. Nicole #120b. 711 Bloodfrom tooth. Blood gushes forth from a tooth of St. Bartholomew when a priest proposes dividing the relic. (See also: 4055). Gaes. VIII, 60. 712 Blood of Christ and mercy. A monk who condemned a fallen brother was told that he would not have condemned the man if, like Christ, he had suffered and shed Blood. Seelentrost (German) 195, 7; Thrast (Swed.) 285, 10. 713 Blood of Christ outweighs bad deeds. A dying friar sees devils and angels weighing his bad and good deeds and cries for a drop of Christ’s blood to be added to the latter. (See also: 761). H395 #375, H519 #143, H539 #27, H650 #32. — Ward II, p. 685. 714 Blood thicker than water. Enemy brothers unite to fight a common enemy. (Seealso: 796). Enx(G) #245; Odo(P) #50 (Herv. IV, p. 284); S.T.: J624. 3, P251. 715 Boar defendingyoung. A boar defending his young is contrasted with unscrupulous stewards. H I02 #4. 716 Boar killed by cunning. H248, #74, H265 #46. — Seven Sages (Campbell lxxxii-lxxxiv). 717 Boar without heart. A boar constantly trespasses on an emperor’s plantations; he loses first his tail, then one ear, then his other ear, and finally his life. The emperor’s cook eats the heart and explains its absence to her master by saying, »The boar was so stupid that it couldn’t

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have had a heart.» Gesta(I) #163; Gesta(M) #10, #37; Gesta(O) #83; H167 #4, H205 #45, H233 #35, H254 #37, H264 #25; Katona #83; Violier #81; S.T.: K402. — BP II, p. 153; Espinosa, Cuentos, III, p. 276ff.; Jsb. 16(1894), 167(10.138); Kohler, Kl.Sch. 1.515; Montanus, p. 563; Ward II, p. 274; Zs- 16> 154 Zs-fdt.Phil. I, 181ff.; Zs.f.vgl.Litg.n.f. 7, 264—267. 718 Board broken by scholar. Gaes. XII, 29. 719 Boat comes on command. Two preachers come to a river and, seeing a boat on the other side, command it to come and carry them over. It comes without oars and an eighteen-year-old virgin ferries them across. Seelentrost (German) 77, 8; Throst (Swed.) 114, 34. 720 Boatfull of demons. A usurer is carried off in a boat full of demons. (See also: 5052.) EdeB #422. 721 Body, decayed, seen in church. A monk reports seeing an apparition in church of a woman decayed from head to foot. EdeB #256. 722 Body, deformed, of St. Brigitte. Spec. Laic. #95. 723 Body, half burned. A nun dies chaste in body but guilty of foul language; in the night her body is cut in two on the altar; one part is burned, the other returned to the grave. Alpha #405, #446; cf. Caes. IV, 22; H23 #193, H279 #10, H310 # 8 , H317 # 7 , H354 #49, H459 #31, H529 #16, H550 #123, H577 #38, H643 #15; JdeV (Crane) #272; Lib. Ex. #187; Odo(P) # 5 (Herv, IV, p. 267); Spec. Laic. #347; Recull #352, #392. — Arnould, Peches, p. 127f. #10; Gregory, Dial. IV, 51; Jacob’s Well #26. 724 Bolster removed. A man who had never used a pillow in secular life keeps the monastery awake with his complaints when his pillow is removed. JdeV(Crane) #84. 725 Bonaventure, St. Pelbart #38. 726 Bond claimed at funeral. At a funeral a bond for ten pounds is pro­ duced against the deceased and payment is claimed. The widow declares that her husband paid it without witnesses. At the bidding of the bishop, the corpse sits up, declares the debt paid, and tears up the bond. H631 # 66. 727 Bone in throat. A woman is reminded of her vow to the Virgin by a bone sticking in her throat. H405 #572. — Ward II, p. 654. 728 Bones, silence of An abbot bids a novice bless and curse bones and imitate their silence. H10 #46, H49 #100, H72 #146, H I82 #43;, H521 #28, H569 #139; JdeV(Crane) #118; Odo(F) #72 (Herv. IV, p. 243); Odo(P) #128 (Herv. IV, p. 313.) 729 Bones, virgins. The bones of two virgins remove themselves from the church for lack of worship. Alpha #679; Caes. V III, 86, cf. 85; Recull #600; S.T.: V143. 730 Boniface VIII, Pope. Pope Boniface persuades the emperor to declare the Church of St. Peter officially the head of the churches since the church at Constantinople had formerly done so. Mensa 23.105 (Dunn, p. 37).

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731 Boniface VIII, Pope, and battle over rich man. Boniface V III decides for a priest against the monks who are battling over the burial of a rich man. Aev. #22ter. 732 Boniface VIII, Pope, life of. How Pope Boniface V III (1294— 1303) »was born like a wolf, ruled like a lion, and died like a dog.» H625 #14. 733 Bonum indeficiens in Christ. A philosopher, seeking the bonum indeficiens, does not find it in a ruler, a husband, or a treasure-hunter, but in Christ (summum bonum). Viaticum #62. 734 Book of abbot stolen. A clerk steals an abbot’s book and offers it for sale. The abbot follows him and tells him that it is not worth the price he is asking. H528 #7. 735 Book of life shown. A monk is led by an angel to a beautiful place where he is shown the golden book- of life containing the names of the elect. Caes. VII, 37b,s. 736 Book of magician stolen. A student of magic steals his master’s book. The master chases him, but the thief hides under a bridge. Gesta(I) #208; Gesta(O) #260; H270 #120. 737 Book of master, magic in. A student caused a storm when he read his master’s book of magic. When the master returned and read a chapter in the book of equal length, the storm ceased. Aev. #23. 738 Book of sins. St. Augustine asks the devil, who appears with a book listing men’s sins, to let him look for his own. He finds written only that he forgot on one occasion to say his evening prayers. After praying for forgiveness, St. Augustine returns to find that the entry has been erased, and the devil leaves in anger. (See also: 1202; 4421). Alpha #90; Recull #74. 739 Book, written to save reputation. An old and infirm philosopher writes a book to offset the suspicions of those who saw him walk absentmindedly through a street of ill-repute. Gayangos #11. — Knust, p. 408ff. (notes). 740 Books of poet banned. The books of the poet Archilochus are banned and the poet is exiled because of his sinful writings. Alpha #124. 741 Books stolen by thief. A study companion of Etienne de Bourbon has all his books stolen by a thief; in order to find them he runs to an evil man who leads him into error. EdeB #360. 742 Boots as reward. A man wins a pair of boots by claiming that he is not afraid of his wife. When told that he should carry the boots under his white shirt, he says that he is afraid his wife might scold him for soiling the shirt. JdeV(Frenken) #61; Pauli #753. 743 Boots show poor abbey. A Cistercian abbot, wearing small boots, appeals to Philip, King of the Romans, on behalf of his poor house. The king replies that he sees the house must be poor as leather is scarce there. Caes. IV, 12; H710 #15; Pauli #163. 744 Boughs turn to gold and stones to gems. Tab. Ex. #271. 745 Bowels torn out by devil. A knight and the devil play dice together. The knight dies when his bowels are torn out by the devil. Alpha #450;

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Caes. V, 34; H357 #79, H385 #203, H416 #21, H500 #274, H648 # 3 ; Klapper, Erz. #163; Recull #398; Wright #87; Moser-Rath 174. — Alld.Bl. II, 78; Haureau, ii, p. 326. 746 Box on ears. A nun, infatuated with a clerk, was cured by the Virgin by a box on the ears. Var.: A dying canon, boasting that the Virgin has appeared to him, receives a visible blow on the head. (See also: 1541; 1576). Caes. VII, 33; Caes. VII, 55-var; Libri viii(Caes.) 111(2); H360 #114, H366 #23, H541 #15; cf. Seelentrost (German) 96; 34; cf. Throst (Swed.) 141, 11; Viaticum #6. — Bozon 80; %s. 15.129. 747 Boxer, strong, vs. weak. A strong boxer lets a weak one carry the fight until the latter is exhausted. Tab. Ex. #110. 748 Boxes, stone-filled. An archdeacon uses stone-filled boxes to deceive the monks into thinking he is wealthy. JdeV(Frenken) #88; JdeV (Greven) #91. 749 Boy, twofold. A boy is born divided into two boys from the waist up. They both die. Gesta(O) #176 (combined with Serpent Jaculus); Gesta(I) #74; HI 12 #48, H120 #12; Violier #143. 750 Brahmins and Alexander. Alexander offers the Brahmins a gift; they, however, wish only immortality. Enx(M) # 6 ; H395, #394. — Krappe, Sources, p. 16 #6. 751 Bramble bush as king of trees. An allegory told about King Abimelech, son of Gideon, by his brother. (Includes refusal of bishopric.) (See also: 659). Cf. H34 #1, H38 #1, H458 #11, H506 #40, H666 #252, Odo(F) #l(H erv. IV, p. 175); Odo(P) #140 (Herv. IV, p. 319); cf. Odo(P) #178 (Herv. IV, p. 335); Seelentrost (German) 175, 13; Throst (Swed.) 258, 2. 752 Brave, three times. A son has earned exemption by serving in three campaigns but is ready to serve again; his father, however, forbids it. Gesta(O) #271; H220 #9. 753 Bravery and constancy rewarded. The life of a centurion is spared for his bravery and constancy when he tells his enemies to kill him rather than attempt to win him over. Enx(G) # 8 ; S.T.: Q_151.8. — Val. Max. Ill, 8, 8. 754 Bread black at excommunication. Bread turns black when it is excom­ municated by St. Thomas of Canterbury at Arras, and becomes white again when he absolves it. (See also: 759). [Also told of a priest at Tou­ louse.] EdB #308; H446 #17; H615 #132, H719 #25. 755 Bread, blessed, protects from devil. After hearing divine services and eating blessed bread, a man invokes the devil. The devil, however, cannot come to him. H682 #5. 756 Bread, borrowed, not returned. »The bread box is empty only to you,» says an abbot to a man who has borrowed bread and not replaced it. Enx(G) #244; S.T.: J1269.24. — Cassiodorus, Historia Tripartita I, 10. 757 Bread brought by raven. St. Anthony and St. Paul bless the bread

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to them by a raven. Alpha #361; Klapper, Erz. #38; Recull #311; S.T.: B351. 758 Bread, changed to blood. A priest announces that St. Margaret’s Day is to be observed as if it were a Sunday. A woman obtains permission to bake bread. When another woman bakes without permission, her bread turns to blood. [Also told of St. Laurentius’ Day.] (See also: 1252, 1766, 2689, 5205). Libri viii (Caes.) I, 16; H611 #75, H613 #99; Lib. Ex. # 139b; Pelbart #351; Viaticum #54. 759 Bread changed to worms. One of St. Brendan’s disciples, refusing the meat which a hermit sets before him, eats only bread. The next day the crumbs of his bread have turned into worms and his piece of meat has turned into white bread. (See also: 754). H403 #525. 760 Bread darkened. A hermit who is prone to temptations finds the white bread he is feeding to a little bird darkened when he eats it himself. Alpha #636; Recull #563; S.T.: B531. 761 Bread dipped in Christ's wounds. A clerk who has become a monk cannot eat the food in the monastery until Christ appears to him in a dream and offers him a piece of bread that He has dipped in His own wounds. (See also: 713; 1013, 2416, 2492, 2960). Var. a) Christ appears to a weeping penitent and asks him to dip his bread in His wounds. b) A monk is asked by the Virgin to dip his bread in Christ’s wounds. Caes. IV, 80; Libri viii(Caes.) 11(5), p. 73; H56 #110, H60 #10, H72 #144, H85 #32, H356 #65, H373 # 5 , H447 #26, H461 #80, H464 #3, H485 #72, H579 #58, H588 #83, H650 #30, H668 #284, H719 #28; Klapper, Erz. #116; Odo(P) #11 (Herv. IV, p. 269); Odo(P) #126 (Herv. IV, p. 313); Pelbart #30, #48. 762 Bread given by Virgin. The Virgin puts bread into the mouth of a clerk at the verse »Virgin, pray for us.» [Var.: The Virgin gives bread to a learned youth.] Caes. VII, 31; Libri viii(Caes.) 111(47); H360 #112. — de Vooys, p. 101. 763 Bread given to woman. A poor woman, without bread, was mirac­ ulously given it during prayer. EdeB #210. 764 Bread, half a loaf, offered by devil. The devil feeds a novice with an imaginary half loaf of bread. The novice grows weak and dies. [Var.: He becomes insane.] Alpha #26; Caes. IV, 81; Recull #21. 765 Bread like stones. Master Hugo, seeing that a youth is not eating his bread, asks why. The youth answers, »If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread.» (i.e., be transformed into the Host). Mensa 35.171 (Dunn, p. 47); S.T.: J1345. 766 Bread miraculously replaced. The more bread (flour) the monks give to the poor, the more God miraculously replaces in their bins. (See also: 488, 5090). Caes. IV, 65, 66, 67, 69; Enx(G) #75, #76; cf. H355 #59; Klapper, ErZ. #143; S.T.: D1652.1.1, Q.141.1, V412.2. — Gregory, Bial. II, 21; Krappe, Sources, p. 36 #146 (75). b ro u g h t

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767 Bread offered to church builders by St. Laurence. Spec. Laic. #214. 768 Bread, refusedfrom usurer. A preacher does not want to accept bread from a usurer. Pauli #198. 769 Bread refused vassals. Many knights receive services from their vassals but do not give them bread to eat. EdeB p. 371, n. 2; JdeV (Crane) #137. 770 Bread taken from rich. Dom Ensfried of Cologne had the loaves of bread intended for wealthy people brought to his own house. Caes. VI, 512. 771 Breasts, bitter. A mother who wished to wean her son put something bitter on her breasts. Tab. Ex. #86. 772 Breasts of Virgin give wisdom to monk. (See also: 5109). Libri viii (Caes.) 111(23). — de Vooys, p. 87. 773 Breasts of Virgin sworn by. A merchant who swears by the breasts of the Virgin dies with his tongue protruding. EdeB #131. 774 Breath, foul, of drunkard. A drunkard’s foul breath causes a mis­ carriage. H18 #142; JdeV(Crane) #226. 775 Breath, foul, reproach for. A man, when reproached for his foul breath, blames his wife for not telling him to seek a cure. She says she thought that all men smelled thus. V ar.: A woman considers the strong breath of the Romans to be characteristic of all men. Enx(G) #312; ML #25; Pauli #210. — Krappe, Sources, p. 44 #385 (312). 776 Brendan, St., and Isle of Smiths. H 70 #125. — Ward II, p. 528. 777 Brendan, St., releases soul. St. Brendan, through his prayers and the prayers of others, obtains the release of Colomannus’ soul from a dark cloud. H393 #346. — Ward II, pp. 516—36. 778 Brick carved by boy. A boy is reproved for carving a brick. He be­ comes sick but is miraculously cured by the vision of two saints. Caes. VIII, 74. 779 Brick, quarrel about. Quarrelsome old men argue about anything. They even take a brick and argue about its rightful owner. Enx(G) #180. 780 Bridegroom absent 300 years. A bridegroom entertains a stranger at his wedding feast and in return is invited by the stranger to a wonder­ ful paradise. He remains there for 300 years, which seem to him only a short time. When he returns, his parents and bride are dead and the castle of his father has been made into a cloister. The abbot gives a feast in honor of his return, but he dies upon taking his first mouthful of food. [Var.: The stranger is said to be Christ.] (See also: 3378). H584 #52; Klapper, Erz■ #150; Pauli #561; Viaticum #46. — Kohler, Kl. Schr. II, 224—241. 781 Bridge, cross invoked at. Louis the Pious always invokes the tomb and cross of Christ when crossing a stone or wooden bridge. H62 #28, H415 #9, H571 #173, H658 #163.

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782 Bridge, girl crosses. A girl crossing a bridge puts a stone on her head so that she will not be carried away by the wind. An old man says that thus people should resist pride. EdeB #264. 783 Bridge of Dread, angels uphold man on. A charitable but selfindulgent man is seen after death by a neighbor making his way across the Bridge of Dread, continually slipping and being dragged down by devils, but constantly upheld by angels. H544 #48. 784 Bridge of Dread crossed by knight. The vision of the knight who crossed the Bridge of Dread. H279 #9, H310 # 7 , H317 # 6 , H454 #6, H605 #22. — Gregory, Dial. IV, 36 (Migne LXXVII); Ward II, pp. 399, 607. 785 Bridge to heaven. A knight near death crosses the bridge into heaven and then returns to life to describe its perfection. Alpha #603; Enx(G) #129; Recull #531; S.T.: F141.1.1, F152. — Gregory, Dial. IV, 27. 786 Bridget, St., loses eye. St. Bridget loses an eye when her parents force her to marry but regains it when she takes the veil. H515 #81. 787 Bridle honored. A knight witnesses miracles when he piously honors a bridle which he mistakenly believes belonged to a martyr (Thomas). Caes. VIII, 70. 788 Broker and merchants. A broker stands between the buyers and the merchants. He tells each to close the deal, but the buyers return later to complain. Esempi #26. 789 Brooch offered to Virgin. A clerk has nothing to offer at the mass of the Virgin except a brooch which is meant for his girlfriend, Mariota. Wearing the brooch and calling herself Mariota, the Virgin appears to him that night and claims his allegiance henceforth. (See also: 5149). H513 #11. 790 Brother defended by family. If a brother is killed, the family will rise against the killer. Tab. Ex. #78. 791 Brother forgiven by king. The King of England forgives his brother for trying to take his throne while left as regent in the king’s absence. H167 #8. 792 Brother, help refused to. The son of a noble lord is disinherited for refusing to help his younger brother, who returned from the crusades with him. EdeB #145. 793 Brother, sin of. An abbot advises a knight that if he forgets his brother’s sin. God will forgive his own. Alpha #31; Recull #26. — VP col. 910. 794 Brother-in-law murdered. A woman neglected by her husband tempts her brother-in-law but is repulsed. She murders him and then tells her husband that he actually is the real murderer. H597 #1. 795 Brothers admitted to monastery. Two brothers seeking admission to a monastery are asked by the abbot to wait a year. A year later the abbot visits them and when he sees angels with the elder brother and devils being combatted by the younger brother, he admits them to the order. Mapper, Erz. #10. 5

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796 Brothers at strife. Two brothers quarrel. One cheats the other of his inheritance and is to be punished. The other intercedes for him with the emperor. Gesta(I) #86; Gesta(O) #39; H I25 #60, H250 #89, H267 #87; Katona #39; Violier #38. 797 Brothers build church. Two brothers, building a church, are refused help by passers-by who claim that they are carrying a dead person with them. After they pass, they find that the man they are carrying has indeed died. Alpha #482; Recull #420; Seelentrost (German) 43, 1; Thrast (Swed.) 54, 21. 798 Brothers, devil tries to cause strife between. The devil tries to stir up trouble between two brothers, but he is defeated by the meekness with which the younger allows the elder to beat him. H515 #65, H580 #76; Lib. Ex. #162. — VP col. 748, 969. 799 Brothers, eight, saved by bishop. A bishop rescues octuplets who were about to be drowned. When they are ten years old, the bishop allows their parents to hear them sing. The father establishes a monastery and the bishop, the eight boys, and the parents dedicate themselves to God’s service. Klapper, Erz. #56. 800 Brothers, four, overcome by Greed. Four brothers, Justice, Truth, Judgment and Equity, are overcome by Greed. H102 # 2 . 801 Brothers on pilgrimage. Two brothers take the cross and set out for Jerusalem. One dies on the way and the other, missing his purse, has the grave opened. He finds his brother’s corpse dressed as a palmer as though he had completed the pilgrimage. H27 #5. 802 Brothers served wine in Spain. Two brothers, returning to Spain from their studies in Paris, become hungry. The wife of the Blessed Maxentius, whose son they have converted, serves them food and wine. Mensa 35.168 (Dunn, p. 47). 803 Brothers, three, become monks. Three brothers become monks and devote themselves respectively to: 1) peacemaking, 2) visiting the sick, and 3) solitude. H653 #83 — VP col. 860. 804 Brothers thrown into sea. Two brothers are thrown into the sea. One accepts his father’s help promptly; the other hesitates and is drowned. H100 #79. 805 Brothers, two, at monasteries. Two brothers arrive at the same monas­ teries. Spec. Laic. #422. 806 Brothers unable to argue. Two brothers are unable to argue even when they attempt to do so. [Var.: Also told of two hermits.] Alpha #169; H559 #246; H561 #28; Recull #140 — VP cols. 777, 977. 807 Brothers who never quarrel. Two brothers never quarrel; when one says that he wants the sleeping mat, the other answers that he should take it in God’s name. Pelbart #128. 808 Brunette becomes blond. When a brunette named Bertha rinses her hair blond, her husband does not recognize her. She assures him that she is his wife; he pretends to be uncertain until he has scrubbed her with a hard brush. H660 #182; Klapper, Erz. #155.

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809 Bubble, bursting of, bad omen. The bursting of a bubble (inflated bladder) is a bad omen. JdeV(Frenken) #34; JdeV(Greven) #35. 810 Buckets meet in well. Two buckets meet in a well. Nicole #24b. 811 Bull, brazen. Perillus, a smithy, makes a brazen bull for Phalaris. The tyrant throws men into the bull to be burned and Perillus is the first. Enx(G) #250; Gesta(I) #117; Gesta(O) #48; H175 #107; Katona #48; Pauli #116; Violier #47. — Crane, Proc.Am.Phil.Soc. 21, 59; Krappe, Sources, p. 39 #322(250); Schumann, Nachlbiichlein 1.18 (p. 394); Val. Max. IX, 2, ext. 9. 812 Bulrush, dog pricked by. H35 #11; Odo(F) #44 (Herv. IV, p. 217); S.T.: 1391.1. — Gatos #47. 813 Burgher does not recognize wife’s back. A man sees his wife’s back and thinks her husband fortunate; when he sees her face, he recognizes his wife. EdeB #273; cf. M L #58. 814 Burgher given to knights. A rich man says that his master has nothing to give to poor knights. The generous master gives them the rich man, who must ransom himself. (See also: 1906). EdeB #146; Mensa 8.24 (Dunn, p. 23); cf. M L #57. 815 Burial, honorable, for rich man. A rich man is buried honorably; a hermit is devoured by a wild animal. One has his reward in this life, the other in the next. (See also: 1450). H59 #5, H459 #30, H516 #97, H545 #61, H564 #65, H643 #14, H648 # 8 , Odo(P) # 4 (Herv. IV, p. 266). — VP vol. 995. 816 Burial in mconsecrated ground, threat of. A nun, suffering from melan­ choly, was told by her prioress that in this state she would have to be buried in unconsecrated ground. Fearing this, the nun threw herself into the river, but was saved. Caes. IV, 40. 817 Burial refused in consecrated ground. A man is carried to hell by the devil when he is refused burial in consecrated ground. Pauli #196. 818 Burns from dream. A monk receives serious bums in a dream; upon waking in agony, he is saved by the prayers of his brothers. Alpha #299; Recull #257; S.T.: F I068.2. 819 Butcher and portly customer. A butcher is amazed that his customer for seven years has lived so long. EdeB #434; H I4 #100; JdeV(Crane) #162; ML #142. 820 Butcher stabs self after sinning. A butcher falls into sin the day after his Easter communion. Struck with remorse, he stabs himself in the market place and exclaims, »May the devil now leave my body.» H632 #76. 821 Buzzard hatched by hawk. A buzzard hatched by a hawk is ejected for befouling the nest. H37 #40, cf. H103 #22; H404 #545; Odo(F) #4 (Herv. IV, p. 181); Wright #54. 822 Cabbage eaten by Diogenes. Pauli #382. 823 Cacus. H I60 #49. 824 Caesar, Augustus, daughter of. When Julia, daughter of Augustus, was asked why she did not follow her father’s example, she answered,

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»He forgets that he is Caesar; I remember that I am Caesar’s daughter.» Mensa 17.65 (Dunn, p. 30). 825 Caesar, Augustus, entertained. Augustus Caesar, entertained at dinner by one of his knights, is surprised at not being feted. H489 #129. 826 Caesar, Augustus, patience of, and nephew Tiberius. Spec. Laic. #447a (Welter). 827 Caesar, Augustus, verses of. When Augustus writes verses against Pollio, the latter says, »I shall keep quiet, for it is difficult to write against one who has the power to make the rules.» Mensa 5.4 (Dunn, p. 21). 828 Caesar, Julius, answers opponent. An inferior opposed Julius Caesar, who answered, »No man is worthy of Caesar’s wrath.» Mensa 5.7 (Dunn, p. 21). 829 Caesar, Julius, census of. Gesta(O) #259. 830 Caesar, Julius, murdered in senate. Julius Caesar did not follow the advice of his wife who had dreamed of calamities; he was afterwards murdered in the senate. Pauli #445. 831 Caesar, Julius, records conquest of Pontus, »Veni, vidi, vici.» H127 #74. 832 Caesar, Julius, statue of. A marble statue of Julius Caesar gives three omens of his death: 1) thunderbolt erased the first letter of his name; 2) the windows of a house are violently thrown open; 3) letter which cannot be deciphered. (See also: 1475). Gesta(I) #80; Gesta(O) #97; H112 #42, H125 #51, H238 #31; Herzstein #41; Katona #97; Violier #89. 833 Caesar, Julius, youth resembling. A youth who strongly resembles Julius Caesar visits Rome and is asked if his mother had ever been there. He replies, »No, but my father frequently visited Rome.» Mensa 5.3 (Dunn, p. 21); Pauli #502; S.T.: J1274. 834 Cain and Abel. Seelentrost (German) 163, 10; Throst (Swed.) 239,9. 835 Cakes given to sons. A woman loves her own son more than the eleven sons of her husband. The husband makes eleven cakes and gives them to his sons. Each of his sons gives her son half and he has 5 l/ 2 cakes. Herzstein #52. 836 »Calamitum» stops murmuring monk. A monk addicted to murmuring against his superior is promoted by him; the monk says that his mouth has been stopped with a »calamitum» (a type of frog which a thief puts into the mouth of a barking dog). H705 #41. 837 Caliphus converted. Caliphus, King of the Tartars, is converted. His conversion proves that faith can move mountains. Pelbart #397. 838 Camel, ears of shortened. A camel asks for horns but instead has its ears shortened. JdeV(Crane) # 7 .— BP III, 288; Holbek # 160 (Aesop). 839 Campaign in Flanders. Concerning a campaign in Flanders in 1214. Viaticum #11. 840 Cancer cured by sign of Cross. A devout woman of Carthage is cured of cancer when the sign of the cross is made on her sore. (See also: 1345 ff.). Lib. Ex. #77. — Augustine, De Civ. Dei, Bk. 22, cap. 8.

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841 Candidates, rejected. Scipio Africanus rejects two rival candidates for his office; one is too needy, the other too greedy. H I33 #1 19; H I58 #21; Pauli #571. — Val. Max. V, 4.2. 842 Candle at dinner. St. Bennett shames a proud young man who scornfully holds the candle at dinner by giving the position to a more humble person. Alpha #111; Recull #91. — Gregory, Dial. II, 20. 843 Candle, blown out by demon. A demon tries to disturb a pious canon by blowing out his reading candle. Caes. V, 53. 844 Candle, burning, dream of. Before a monk is made abbot, one of his brothers dreams that a burning candle lights up all the extinguished candles of the brothers. Caes. IV, 89. 845 Candle cures sickness. A woman who has the illness called »holy fire» is cured by offering a candle. EdeB #110. 846 Candle, extinguished, relit. An extinguished candle before the image of the Virgin is miraculously relit. Caes. VII, 46; Lib. Ex. #48. — Festial #57, p. 247. 847 Candle given by Virgin. A wife prays for her husband’s conversion. In a vision the latter sees himself judged and damned. When the Virgin Mary gives him a wax candle with which to defend himself, he is con­ verted. Klapper, Erz. #64. 848 Candle lit before siege. It is a Roman custom to light a candle before a besieged town: this gives the inhabitants time to surrender. Gesta(I) #43; Gesta(O) #98; H157 # 6 , H232 #22; Katona #98. -—Brednich, Fabula VI (1963), 159 nn., 30, 31. 849 Candle relit by sulphur. Extinguished candles can be relit by sprinkling sulphur on them. H173 #71. 850 Candle rejected three times. A candle placed on the alter of St. Paul by a sinful woman is three times rejected. H401 #501. 851 Candle to rescue woman from hell. The Virgin, frightening fiends away with a candle, rescues a woman’s soul from hell; she restores her to life for confession and amendment. H685 #51. 852 Candle smoke and sewage places, incompatible. JdeV(Frenken) #94; JdeV(Greven) #97. 853 Candles, burning, free woman. St. Bernard of Clairvaux, holding burning candles, frees a woman from a demon tempting her to sin. Lib. Ex. #135, cf. #134. 854 Candles extinguished at bier. Candles are lighted around the bier of a dead lay brother. Where a monk is standing who has slandered this dead man, the candles are extinguished. Caes. XI, 9. 855 Candles lit for blind man. A blind man always insists that his wife light the candles in the evening. One day she stands near him with her posterior uncovered. When he asks if it is lighted, she replies, »If not, it is better; it is still more beautiful.» Mensa 20.84 (Dunn, p. 34). 856 Candles, two, instead of one. A priest gave up drinking when he saw two candles instead of one. H282 #35. — Arnould, Pkhes, p. 154f.

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857 Candles, Virgin with. In a vision, a dying bishop sees a virgin with two candles ascending to heaven. Aev. #23. 858 Canon, abbess prays for. An abbess prays for a canon; when he is carried away by his brothers, she stops praying until the canon rebukes her in a dream. Caes. X, 16bis. 859 Canon of impious motives. A young canon who had no pious motives for entering the monastery was not allowed to remain. Gaes. I, 11. 860 Capon never loves hen. An archbishop claims that he does not love an abbess. She replies, »I believe that, for a capon never loves a hen.» Mensa 4.27, 25.115 (Dunn, p. 38); ML #59; S.T.: J1269.6. 861 Capon received uncharitably. A bishop pardons an abbot for his uncharitable attitude when the bishop serves capon. Alpha #393, Recull #341. — VP col. 866. 862 Capon suspected of being crane. A monk goes insane. A servant brings him a capon which he thinks is a crane. When the servant comes to him for confession, the monk will not absolve him until he swears that it was a capon. Mensa 36.177 (Dunn, p. 48). 863 Capon to remove anxiety. When King Philip of France has the poor clerics to dinner, he sees a clerk steal a capon. Calling him aside privately, he asks what he has studied. He answers, »Theology.» The king says, »Is it not written, ’Thou shalt not be anxious for food?’» He replies, »I want to remove all anxiety.» EdeB #243; Mensa 4.6, 6.15 (Dunn, p. 22); ML #92; S.T.: J1396. — Hassell, Nouvelles, pp. 148— 151 #35. 864 Capons, three, at table. A chaplain dines at a table where there are three capons, one of which is put before him. He demands one of the others in order to complete the Trinity. (See also: 2012). H656 #126. 865 Carbuncle, powers of. Dioscorides says that the carbuncle defeats dogs and flees shadows. (Allegory of penitence.) Pelbart #24. 866 Cardinal advances chaplain. A cardinal has a chaplain named Michael to whom he often promised advancement. After he becomes Pope, the cardinal neglects his promises. Finally, unable to gain access to him, Michael writes, »Michael stands at the gate talking about honors.» When the Pope reads this, he advances him. Mensa 24.110 (Dunn, p. 38). 867 Cardinal advises on conception. A man asks a Cardinal, who is a physician, to make his wife conceive a son. The Cardinal replies, »You are young and ardent, and will make her conceive more readily than I.» Mensa 24.107 (Dunn, p. 37). 868 Cardinal, corpse of plundered. A Cardinal of Albano (Petrus de Colle Medio) is killed by a fall in Assisi, where Pope Innocent IV is staying with his court (in 1253). The Franciscans prepare the corpse for burial; the Cardinal’s plundering servants strip it almost naked. H663 #216. 869 Cardinal led to tribunal. A greedy cardinal dies. In a vision, his notary sees him being led by two devils to Christ’s tribunal. Caes. XII, 22. — de Vooys, p. 290. 870 Cardinal, tormentedfor wrong. A woman who conceived a son by her own son goes to the Pope, who forgives her because she is contrite.

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When a cardinal objects, the Pope conjures up the devil to torment the guilty party, the Pope or the cardinal. The cardinal is tormented by the devil. Aev. #21; Alpha #206, Caes. II, 11; cf. Gesta(O) #244; H351 #16; M L #16, Recull #174; S.T.: L 435.1, T412.1. — de Vooys, p. 247 (notes); Toldo, Archiv CXIX, 356. 871 Cardinal like hinges. A cardinal, hearing that a Franciscan had preached to the prelates, compels him to preach before him. The Franciscan says that prelates and cardinals, just like hinges, squeak unless well-oiled. Mensa 24.109 (Dunn, p. 37). 872 Carp, buries head. A carp buries its head in a muddy river bed and escapes the net. H120 #15. 873 Carpenter, bad, and monks. Monies accuse an abbot of corrupting them. The abbot asks the monks if they think he is the one who made them evil with bad building materials. They reply that he did not, but because of poor carpentry, he made lowly tiles of them rather than noble rafters. Mensa 32.150 (Dunn, p. 44). 874 Carpenter, returns money. A Carpenter returns the 800 gilders he found when he hears that the reward is to be 100 gilders. He receives only five gilders because the merchant claims that the sum he lost was 900 gilders. Aev. #71; Disc. Cler. #17 (Schwarzbaum II, pp. 34—36); Enx(G) #311; Pauli #115; S.T.: J1 172.1. — Holbek #185 (Aesop); Krappe, Sources, p. 44 #384 (311.) 875 Carpenter has vision in church. A simple-minded carpenter has a vision of Christ removing a crown from His mother’s head and later replacing it. Caes. VII, 46bis. 876 Carpus, St., vision of. H134 #130; cf. Nicole #79b. Pelbart #278. — Ward II, 647. 877 Cart wheel broken. Men, hurrying to Paris, break the wheel of their cart and never arrive there; St. Martin, riding upon an ass, reaches the city. (Martinus Polonus). Alpha #324; H86 #42, H557 #220, H651 #53; JdeV(Crane) #188; Pauli #255; Recull #280; S.T.: L148.1. 878 Caskets, four. H159 #29. — Ward II, p. 122. 879 Cassius, life of. Life of Cassius, Bishop of Narni. H455 #22. 880 Castellan, hung by five cords. A parish priest, constantly harrassed and plundered by a neighboring castellan, finally loses patience. Holding the Host in his hand after consecration, he threatens that he will not release her Son until he is avenged. He has a vision of the castellan hanging above a pit by five golden chords and of an angel with a drawn sword. He calls three times to the angel to cut the cords, but the Virgin intervenes and explains that the cords are Aves, said daily by the Castellan. The priest afterwards relates the vision to the castellan and moves him to repentance. H587 #74. 881 Castle burns with king and women. King Sardanapalus encloses himself with women in his castle. When his subjects attempt to conquer

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the castle, he has it burned down with himself and his retinue enclosed within. Seelentrost (German) 207, 7; Threst (Swed.) 303, 26; Trast (Dan.) 52, 29. 882 Castle excommunicated. A castle located in fertile land becomes deso­ late when it is excommunicated. (See also: 2144). EdB #310. 883 Castle sinks into ground. A youth, taken by a magician to a castle, refuses to renounce God. When he raises the crucifix, the castle sinks into the ground. Seelentrost (German) 14, 1; Thrast (Swed.) 18, 31; Trast (Dan.) 19, 11. 884 Castor and Pollux. H I30 #94. 885 Cat and candle. A cat drops its candle to chase a mouse. H67 #86; Odo(P) #79 (Herv. IV, p. 296) 886 Cat and cheese. A fool puts a cat in his chest to protect the cheese against mice. The cat devours both cheese and mice. EdeB #487; H28 #10, H39 #18, H70 #115, H378 #68, H420 #76, H491 #158, H519 #4, H555 #196, H568 #129, H601 #30; JdeV(Crane) #11; Odo(F) #21 (Herv. IV, p. 194); Odo(P) #106 (Herv. IV, p. 305); Pauli #35; Wright #58; S.T.: J2103.1. — Gatos #16; Hervieux II, p. 610. 887 Cat and students. Students at Paris play a game with a cat by placing a die on its paw. If the cat throws a higher number than the students, they give it something to eat; if it throws a lower number, they kill it, skin it, and sell the skin. JdeV(Crane) #23; Mielot #43. 888 Cat becomes monk. A cat becomes a monk in order to catch a wily old rat. Var.: After a cat is allowed to join an order, he no longer pursues mice. H44 #20, H700 #23, Odo(F) #15 (Herv. IV, p. 188); Pauli #573; S.T.: K815.13. — Espinosa, Cuentos III, p. 400ff.; Gatos #9, #99. 889 Cat burned byfire. When the wild cat is tamed and lies by the fire, it burns its face and fur. JdeV(Crane) #253, cf. 209. 890 Cat longs for fish. A cat, longing for fish, shrinks from wetting its feet. H554 #175bis. 891 Cat loved more than splendor. A hermit is sad when told that he will one day dwell with St. Gregory in heaven, but without his cat. He is accused of caring more for his cat than St. Gregory does for all his wealth and splendor. [Var.: Similar story concerning St. Basil.] H70 #113; H619 #176, H677 #21; Odo(P) #103 (Herv. IV, p. 304). 892 Cat playing with mouse. The devil is compared to a cat playing with a mouse. H568 #130. 893 Cat scratches lover. A knight is rejected by the woman he is courting. He returns disguised and allows her cat to scratch him. When the woman sees his discretion, she gives herself to him. Claiming that he is afraid of the cat, the knight refuses to marry her. MdM #26. 894 Catacombs, penitent in. A penitent, seeking mercy from the Pope, is advised by the latter to go where the dead are; the sinner retires into the catacombs of Rome. EdeB #167.

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895 Caterer scolded. A monk scolds a caterer for not permitting beggars to dine with the priors. Caes. VI, 57. 896 Catherine, St., grief of. In a vision, a devout man sees St. Catherine grieving because he has ceased praying to her. Alpha #424; Recull #372. 897 Catherine, St., image of. The sculptured image of St. Catherine on the altar turns to face women standing in prayer. Caes. V III, 83. 898 Catherine, St., man betrothed to. A young count is betrothed to St. Catherine in a vision. He afterwards marries, and his wife, suspecting him of unfaithfulness, kills herself while he is in church. He prays to the saint, and through her intercession, has his wife restored to life. (See also: 5149). H603 #71, H618 #169. 899 Catherine, St., mystic marriage of. The conversion and mystic marriage of St. Catherine of Alexandria. H695 #28; Viaticum #32 (St. Catherine of Alexandria). — Romania XXXVI, p. 89. 900 Catherine, St., relic of. A monk obtains a relic of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai. EdeB #218. 901 Catherine, St., saves young pupil. The King of England sends his son to a »scolasticus», but the boy, making little progress, is continually beaten. At last he runs away in terror and jumps into the river to escape his tutor; he is rescued, however, by St. Catherine, for whom the tutor has a special devotion. The saint clothes the naked youth in an inscribed shirt of gold, and he begins, from that day, to exhibit a great aptitude for learning. H603 #73, H619 #170. 902 Catholics, joining heretics. Many Catholics join heretics but few heretics return to Catholicism; thus good wine can go bad, but bad wine cannot become good. EdeB #341. 903 Cats at rich man's deathbed. A greedy priest prefers a dying rich man to a dying widow. The priest’s deacon sees the widow attended by the Virgin and heavenly hosts, while black cats surround the rich man’s bed. Libri viii(Caes.) 111(56); Klapper, Erz- #89. 904 Cattle defile churchyard. A knight is rebuked by a bondsman for permitting his cattle to defile the churchyard. H312 #45. 905 Cattle guarded during service. A lay brother, guarding the monks’ cattle, laments that he cannot join the monks on a certain feast of the Virgin. She appears to him and her choir sings the service. H566 #96. 906 Cattle lead body to church. On his deathbed, Pope Sylvester II confesses to the people that he has used the devil to secure his advance­ ment. He asks that he be buried wherever cattle lead his body; they lead it to a church. Aev. #14; Alpha #50; Recull #43; Pelbart #288; S.T.: M il, V55. — Jacob’s Well, p. 31(VII); Kittredge, 545 #12; Toldo, Archiv. Vol. CXVIII, p. 337; Wendunmuth(O), 1,2,9. 907 Cattle restored to monastery. A simple monk restores cattle to his monastery by eating meat in the knight’s castle and thus bringing it back in his own stomach. Alpha #718; Caes. VI, 2; H358 #83, H366 #5; Mensa 38.187(Dunn); M L #139; Pauli #61; Recull #639; S.T.: J2499.4 — Toldo, Archiv. Vol. CXVII, pp. 82—83.

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908 Cattle spared by enemy. A devout man will not move his cattle as do his neighbors to a place of safety because it is a solemn feast day. His cattle are spared by the enemy, while his neighbors’ are slaughtered. H486 #85. 909 Cattle, stolen, thieves with. A group of preaching friars deride robber-knights who are moving along stolen cattle. EdeB #427. 910 Cattle-owner sued for damage. The owner of straying cattle is sued and fined damage to a neighbor’s crops. When he does not retaliate after his neighbor’s cattle stray, the neighbor refunds the fine. H487 # 101. 911 Cauldron, child thrown into. A charitable man entertains the devil in the guise of a poor man. The devil throws his infant son into a boiling cauldron; two angels in the guise of pilgrims restore the child to life. H652 #70. 912 Cave as place of sin. A hermit sins in a cave with a woman who is the devil in disguise; he dies in despair. (See also: 1363). Alpha #129; H180 #13, H459 #26, H653 #80, H678 #30; Recull #107; S.T.: G303.9.4.4. — Monteverdi, p. 323(33); Pat. Lat. XXI, 399; VP col. 1147—48. 913 Cave, bishop concealed in. A bishop, falsely accused of adultery, hides in a cave; his penance is revealed after seven years by a pike. (See also: 2370, 4073, 4102). EdeB #306. 914 Cedar, fruit, sweet outside, bitter inside. Nicole #87, 915 Celestine and tutor. The tutor of Gelestine, the king’s son, goes with him to a meadow and there they see a horse with two sheep bound together. The sheep draw their rope around the horse. In pain he runs and scatters fire that bums a miller’s house. Commanded to write verses on this, Celestine gets them from a devil and finally confesses having done so. Libri viii(Caes.) II (14); Gesta(I) #180; Gesta(O) #163; Katona #163; Pelbart #39; Violier #133. — Gaster, Ex. #419. 916 Cell blocked by devil’s jaws. A hermit finds his cell door blocked by the devil’s open jaws. He plunges into them and reaches the church unharmed. H345 #31. 917 Cell, lent to newcomer. A hermit lends his spare cell to a newcomer. He grows jealous of the latter’s popularity and resolves to turn him out; he is won over, however, by his guest’s courtesy. H584 #40, H655 #113.— VP col. 754. 918 Cell, twenty years in. A hermit stays in his cell for twenty years without looking up at the roof. Alpha #582; Recull #513; — VP col. 866. 919 Cell, wall, swept by hermit, to drive out foul thoughts. H64 #51. 920 Cellarer, bows on way to drink. Disobeying the rules, a Cistercian cellarer is on his way to take a drink. He passes an altar and bows slightly. A figure in a black monk’s habit appears and says that if he had not bowed, he would have been given a drink to last him for a year. (See also: 1110, 1527, 5322). H616 #152.

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921 Cellarer, rejected by Christ. In a vision a cellarer is rejected by the crucified Christ because he has given too rough an answer to his prior; the cellarer asks the prior for forgiveness. Caes. IV, 19. 922 Cellarer, summons monk. In a vision a dead cellarer summons a monk who refuses to join him. Another monk, who does join him, dies soon after. Caes. XI, 33. 923 Cellarer tempted by nun. A cellarer is tempted to return to the world by an enticing letter written to him by a nun. Caes. IV, 94. 924 Censer, thief of concealed. A simple-minded man, not wanting to betray a thief who has stolen a censer, is condemned to die in the thief’s place; many miracles occur at his grave. (See also: 4153, 3041, 4286). Caes. VI, 33; H359 #97. 925 Chain breaks in churchyard. The devil holds a sinner with a chain which breaks as they enter a churchyard. After the sinner confesses, the devil is unable to recognize him. V ar.: Several versions omit the chain. In one version, a tear breaks the chain. (See also: 663, 664). Aev. #10; H284 #55, H311 #66, H327 #1, H335 #17, H471 # 1 , H483 #52, H525 #88, H542 # 6 , H551 #142, H561 #30, H599 # 5 , H604 # 7 , H626 #19, H649 #17, H659 #171, H661 #203, H666 #258, H676 # 2 , H717 #21; Klapper, Erz. #122; Ex. #57; Nicole #58; Pelbart #359; cf. Wright #105. — Arnould, Peches, p. 177f. #55. 926 Chains loosened by Virgin. (Var.) (See also: 423ff. 1024,4163ff., 4628). Two monks, robbed by thieves, and left bound to trees, say compline as usual at nightfall. They sing the »Salve Regina» and at the words »ab instantibus malis,» their bonds fall off. a. ) A captive’s chains become loose on the days when his wife has masses sung for him. b. ) A captive Cyprian, believed dead, is freed from his chains whenever mass is said for him. c. ) The knight, Jumna, taken captive in battle, is believed by his brother, an abbot, to be dead; his bonds burst every day when the abbot sings a mass for him. (See also: 3370). Alpha #298, #436; cf. Caes, VII, 28; cf. Enx(G) #252; H283 #52, H312 #58, H323 # 7 , H455 #21, #29, H469 #42, H505 #27, H571 #181, H673 #344; Lib. Ex. #19, #21; Nicole #81b; Recull #256, #384; Spec. Laic. #256, #257; S.T.: R121.6. — Arnould, Peches, p. 173f. #52; Gregory, Dial. IV.57; Krappe, Sources, p. 39 #324(252); de Vooys p. 227; VP (Lyons, 1616), p. 148, c. 24. 927 Chalice, filled with tears. Christ celebrates Mass with a chalice filled with Mary Magdalene’s tears of penitence. Pelbart #63. 928 Chalice not complaining. A lump of gold, being hammered into a chalice, does not complain about the blows but is grateful for the beautiful form it is assuming. Tab. Ex. #289. 929 Chalice offered to priest. St. Martin offers the chalice not to the emperor, but to a priest. Spec. Laic. #234.

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930 Chalice, valuables in. Before his death a rich, unrepentent man commands his servant to put all his valuables in a chalice so that he can drink them. H409 #iv; Spec. Laic. #132a. 931 Chalice, wine spilledfrom. A priest, warming the chalice, spills a drop of consecrated wine. The portrait of Christ appears on the bowl on which it falls. H448 #34; H719 #7. 932 Chalk heals eye. Unburned chalk heals an eye disease. JdeV(Frenken) #96; JdeV(Greven) #99. 933 Chamberlain becomes monk. Anselm, chamberlain to the King of England, is converted by his servant’s jocular allusion to his corpulence and becomes a monk at Clairvaux. H705 #42. 934 Chancellor damnedfor benefices. A chancellor of Paris appears to the bishop and says that he is damned for receiving benefices without giving dispensation. H391 #305; H475 #57; H502 #306; H704 #36; Mensa 28.129 (Dunn, p. 40); — Ward II, p. 672. 935 Chapel on mountain top. Henry II, Emperor and Saint, climbs with his chaplain to a mountain top and finds a chapel there, where he hears St. Nicholas and two angels sing mass before Christ and the Virgin. One of the angels blesses him and then beats him for his persecution of St. Cunegonda. H590 #98. 936 Charity as beautiful girl. An image of Charity as a beautiful girl. H172 #58. 937 Charity as greatest virtue. The greatest virtue is charity; the greatest crime is stealing. Enx(G) #25, #26; S.T.: H659.7.1.2—3. — Orient and Occident I, 543; Revue hisp. X(1903), p. 86; Seneca, Beneficiis II, 16. 938 Charity to angels. A man is praised by God for displaying charity to a host of angels. Alpha #365; Recull #315; S.T.: Q45.1, Q42.3. 939 Charity to devil. In a council of devils one devil appears with an abundance of food. He says that a peasant refused charity to two poor clerks, saying he would give it to the devil. The devil, therefore, took the food. Wright #82. 940 Charity unappreciated. A charitable man cares for an unappreciative man for fifteen years; St. Anthony tells the former that it has been done in Christ’s name. Alpha #389; Recull #337. — TP cols. 1011, 1025. 941 Charlemagne. A short description of Charles the Great and his many virtues. Alpha #422; Recull #370. — Toldo, Archiv., CXVIII, pp. 338—339. 942 Charlemagne and Constantine VI. The Byzantine emperor, Constan­ tine VI, following a vision in which he sees Charlemagne, sends his messengers to ask Charlemagne for help against the heathens. Aev. #11. 943 Charlemagne and Roland lacking. King Philip complains that he has no knights like Roland and Olivier. A jongleur replies that Charlemagne is also lacking. H420 #77. 944 Charlemagne and talking birds. During his crusade Charlemagne encounters talking birds which serve him as guides. Aev. # l l b“. 945 Charlemagne, campaigns of. An episode from Pseudo-Turpin:

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Emperor Charlemagne and his campaigns to Spain and the Orient. Viaticum #80. 946 Charlemagne, death of. Bishop Turpin sees in a vision demons rushing to capture the soul of the dying Charlemagne. They cannot secure it, however, because stones (i.e., the churches which Charlemagne had built in his name) placed by St. Jacob on the scale of justice outweigh Charlemagne’s sins. Lib. Ex. #60. 947 Charlemagne divides kingdom. Charlemagne takes a piece of apple and asks his son Gobaut to open his mouth. He refuses, but his brothers, Louis and Lothaire (Locrius) obey and are given the kingdom of France and the duchy of Lorraine. Gobaut then opens his mouth but is told that it is too late. (Var.: In some versions the names are slightly different or only two sons are involved.) Alpha #619; H ll #54, H602 #55; JdeV(Crane) #123; ML # 3 ; Pauli #368; Recull #547; Seelentrost (German) 128, 30; Throst (Swcd.) 84.31; S.T.: H1557.1. 948 Charlemagne, knight of. Charlemagne’s knight, »macharie»: his machinations against Queen »Sible» and his fight with the greyhound of her defender, Aubry. (Dog of Montargis.) Gesta(M) #78; H259 #78. 949 Charlemagne prays for miracles. On his crusade Charlemagne con­ fesses to Ebroin and prays that miracles of the crucifixion will be revealed to him. He receives the crown of Christ and his glove remains suspended in the air. Aev. # 1l,er. 950 Charlemagne receives powers from Pope. Pope Adrian gives to King Charles the power of electing the chief pontiff and of ordaining the apos­ tolic seat. All archbishops also receive their investiture from him. Mensa 23.106 (Dunn, p. 37). 951 Charlemagne, secret sin of. Charlemagne obtains remission of a secret sin through the prayers of St. Giles. H524 #54, H609 #36. 952 Charlemagne, vow of. When Charlemagne sees actors with second­ hand clothes from his court, he vows to give all his old clothes to the poor. Alpha #442; Enx(G) #255; H158 #28, H419 #56, H435 #56, H658 #161. — Krappe, Sources, p. 40 #327(255). 953 Charm of devil protects heretics. Two heretics, protected by a devil’s charm placed under their armpits, deceive people by false miracles. When discovered, they are burned at the stake. Caes. V, 18; H357 #77. 954 Chastity as greatest virtue. A virtuous wife agrees to give herself to Saladin if he will tell her what the greatest virtue is. After long travels, Saladin returns with the answer: chastity. The woman averts Saladin’s desires by saying that since he is the greatest man, he also possesses the greatest virtue. [Var.: Shame, most essential in man.] S.T.: J816.4, K1388. — Chauvin II, 50; Knust 414 (notes). 955 Chastity of mother. A young man is advised to choose as a wife a girl whose mother was chaste. Enx(G) #386; S.T.: J482.3. 956 Chastity, three days of. Three days of chastity are required of those who would raise the devil. H466 #38, H691 #50.

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957 Cheek struck. A monk struck on one cheek offers the other. Spec. Laic. #442. 958 Cheek turned by hermit. A hermit turns the other cheek to a demoniac who strikes him and thus repels the demoniac. (See also: 146; 1541). H66 #74, H465 #22, H569 #153, H662 #209; Lib. Ex. #159; cf. Spec. Laic. #318. — VP col. 956. 959 Cheese, toasted, in mousetrap. Toasted cheese in a mousetrap is like a finely dressed woman in the devil’s trap for men. Gesta(M) #55; H36 #19; Odo(F) #49a (Herv. IV. p. 221). — Gatos 50. 960 Cherries eaten by boys. A priest allows boys to eat as many cherries from his trees as they wish. (Var.) Caes. VI, 5; H358 #84, H366 #6. 961 Cherries eaten by woman. A Siennese woman eats cherries by the handful. Esempi #12. 962 Chess allegorized. Gesta(I) #112; Gesta(O) #166; Katona #166; Violier #135. 963 Chess, king playing. The king in check in a chess game causes a king to meditate on death. He divides his realm and retires to the Holy Land. Gesta(M) #21; Gesta(O) #275; H202 #27, H254 #21. 964 Chessmen, rich men like. H45 #50; Odo(F) #36b (Herv. IV, p. 210). — Gatos 35; Gayangos #38. 965 Chest full of stones. A father has two sons and a daughter to whom he gives all his goods. He is neglected and sent from house to house. He has a chest made with three locks and fills it with stones which his children assume to be treasure. When they open the chest after his death, they find written, »He who gives his children all that he has accumulated is a fool.» [Var.: Father has only one son; Three daughters in another version], (See also: 3006). Enx(G) #55; H486 #89, H653 #74; Pauli #435; Seelentrost (German) 136, 31; Thrast (Swed.) 206, 10; Wright #26; Aa-Th.: 982; S.T.: P236.2. — Braga #171, p. 129; Gaster #437; Kohler, Kl.Schr. I, 431; II, 558. 966 Chest sold with priest inside. A priest loves a cabinet-maker’s wife. He hides from the husband in a chest, but the husband sees his garment sticking out of the chest. He locks the chest and offers it for sale in the marketplace. A friend buys the chest but cannot afford to buy the contents. Aev. #82-var.: EdeB #470; ML # 5 ; Pauli #876-var.; Aa-Th.: 1358B; S.T.: 1555. — £?. 13, 416. 967 Chests of rotten wood. A king does reverence to poor monks. To explain his action, he has two chests made, one decorated with gold and silver but filled with filth and bones, the other made of rotten wood, but filled with pearls. He asks knights to choose which chest they prefer and they select the ornamented chest. H556 #208; JdeV(Crane) #47. 968 Chicken dedicated to husband's soul. A widow, the sole heiress of her husband, does nothing for his soul except offer a chicken which a kite is already carrying off. H489 #125. 969 Chicken eaten by greedy wife. A man has a greedy wife who cooks a chicken for them both but eats it all herself. He says that she shall

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have the spit too and beast her with it. H377 #63, H415 # 7 ; Wright #32. — A M Bl. II, 76. 970 Chicken turns to snake. A man chases his mother from his home and offers her none of his chicken to eat; the chicken, then, turns into a snake and entwines itself permanently around the man’s neck. Seelentrost (German) 135, 28; Throst (Swed.) 204, 19. 971 Child miraculously begotten. HI 78 #143. 972 Childbirth, painless. A mother gives birth to her child without pain after she has consented to her husband’s taking the cross. Caes. X, 22. 973 Child-murderess saved by Christ's blood. A repentant child-murderess is shown that she is saved when Christ places three drops of blood on her hand. (See also: 2730). Aev. #37. 974 Children begotten with demons. The outcast women of a Gothic tribe beget children with demons. Merlin, the English magician (prophet) is bom of such a relationship. Caes. Ill, 12; H352 #32. 975 Children devoted to devil by mother. (Var.) A woman stands before a cross and delivers her six sons and four daughters to the devil. They all go mad, but two are cured at St. Stephen’s tomb. H529 #17. a. ) A woman curses the child in her womb and the devil claims it; the Virgin saves the unborn child. Seelentrost (German) 41, 31; Threst (Swed.) 52, 15. b. ) A boy devoted to the devil before his birth is rescued by the Virgin. H504 #6, H570 #162 . — Romania X X X III (1904), 163—178; Ward II, p. 632. 967 Children reproved for grief. A dying man reproves his children for pretending excessive grief. H396 #398, H493 #182. 977 Chimaera killed by knight. By killing the Chimaera, a knight wins the king’s daughter. Her father and two other kings give her mystic wedding gifts. HI 10 #25. 978 Chimney, rich wife disappears through. An impoverished knight marries a woman who promises him all the money he wants. The knight’s brother prays in her presence and she disappears through the chimney with her two daughters. Aev. #85. 979 Christ among persecutors. A virgin sees a vision of Christ among His persecutors. Caes. V III, 9. 980 Christ and Apostles at deathbed. On his deathbed, Servulus asks those around him to make way for Christ and the Apostles. H544 #50. 981 Christ appears to disciples. Christ appears to His disciples after His resurrection. Lib. Ex. #8. 982 Christ as avenger of murdered woman. A murdered woman, appearing ln a vision, requests that her murderers not be punished since Christ will be her avenger in the afterlife if they fail to repent. Lib. Ex. #167. 983 Christ as guest of poor. Christ is invited to be the guest of poor people. JdeV (Frenken) #21; JdeV (Greven) #21. — VP cols. 836, 944.

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984 Christ as Host. A religious layman, on a preaching tour, is entertain­ ed by religious men with Christ as host. EdeB #152; JdeV (Frenken) # 4 ; JdeV (Greven) #4. 985 Christ as leper. (Var.) a.) Christ in the form of a leper is carried across a river, b.) Christ in the form of a leper has His feet washed. (See also: 2694). Alpha #439; Caes. V III, 31; EdeB #150; H7 #21; cf. H86 #35, H326 xxvi, H328 #9, H332 #9, H335 #20, H392 #310, H417 #25, H454 #8, H469 #43, H541 #23, H568 #114, H616 #135, H668 #277, H701 # 7 ; JdeV(Crane) #94; Klapper, Erz. #36, #101; Lib. Ex. #124; Recull #387; Aa-Th.: 768; S.T.: Q45.1, V412. Gregory, Horn., Pat. Lat. 76, col. 1300; Jacob’s Well #69; Ward II, 670. 986 Christ as monk. A monk reports that the Virgin and Christ have appeared to him in the garb of monks. Caes. VII, 169. 987 Christ as pilgrim. Christ, in the form of a pilgrim, receives hospitality from the father of a family. [Var.: A householder offers to pour water on Christ’s pierced hands.] (See also: 1018). H392 #311, H417 #32, H455 #14, cf. H489 #119, H583 #31, H668 #277. — Gregory, Horn., Pat. Lat. Migne 76, col. 1183, 1300. 988 Christ as poor man. Christ, in the form of a poor man, is beaten by a duke. Caes. VIII, 29; H361 #127, H367 #34. 989 Christ as poor preacher. A novice, when asked by some monks to leave a preaching order, says that Christ was neither a black monk nor a gray one, but a poor preacher. EdeB #74; Mensa37.179 (Dunn, p. 48). 990 Christ as thirteenth beggar. A master had ordered that twelve poor men should be taken care of; the servants turned away the thirteenth beggar who was Christ. Lib. Ex. #130; cf. Pauli #329. 991 Christ, birth of, miracles on night of. Klapper, Erz. #47. 992 Christ, birth of prophesied. Herzstein #38. 993 Christ, birth of, three prophecies before. Three events prophesy the birth of Christ: 1) ring around sun; 2) talking lamb at Babylon; 3) spring running with oil instead of water. H I29 #86, H688 #14. 944 Christ, childhood and passion of. Lib. Ex. #2. 995 Christ compared to gerfalcon. Christ is compared to a gerfalcon which stops tearing apart its quarry if a small bird’s heart is given to him. H128 #76. 996 Christ compared to tigress (pelican). Christ is compared to a tigress who throws herself on the hunter’s spear to rescue her cubs. H10 #52, H571 #177. 997 Christ consoles dead monk. An abbot sees Christ consoling a dead monk for unhappiness on earth. H74 #162, H398 #456, H616 #147; Odo (P) #144 (Herv. IV, p. 321). 998 Christ, crucified, seen in vision. (Var. ) a.) A nun often sees a vision of Christ on the Cross. b. ) Two lay brothers see a dazzling vision of Christ on the Cross, c. ) A lay brother has a vision in which the crucified Christ to him from the Cross. (See also: 1179; 1235). Caes. V III, 10 17, 18,20;

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Libri viii (Gaes.) II (4); H361 #124, H367 #32, H551 #137; Lib. Ex. #180. 999 Christ descendingfrom Cross. A monk asks why Christ did not descend from the Cross when His crucifiers said, »Let him now come down from the Cross.» A wise man answers, »One should not leave his cloister, but remain steadfast in the cross of his religion.» JdeV (Crane) #305. 1000 Christ, dream of. In a dream, a monk sees Christ asleep in his arms. At the same time, a sick man is dying. Caes. V III, 30. 1001 Christ, eating of, confuses child. A boy confuses the eating of Christ in the Host with the eating of children. He flees and hides from the monks. Tab. Ex. #219. 1002 Christ, image of at Edessa. Christ’s image at Edessa prevents heretics from living there or invading the city. Gesta(O) #154; Katona #154; Violier #126. 1003 Christ, image of from heaven. An image of Christ falls from heaven on Christmas and does not melt until Good Friday. Pauli #558. 1004 Christ in dirty body. (Var.) A priest, fighting with a knight, claims that Christ has entered his body. The knight replies that Christ must have forgotten to pray that day because he entered such a dirty body. Mensa 30.140 (Dunn, p. 42); Tab. Ex. #218; Welter #218. 1005 Christ like hen. Christ is like a hen gathering her chicks to protect them against a kite. H60 # 8 ; Odo(P) # 9 (Herv. IV, p. 268); Matt, xxiii, 37. 1006 Christ like imprisoned prince. Christ is compared to a king’s son who is imprisoned by the subjects he came to protect. H10 #48a. 1007 Christ met by dissolute youth. A dissolute youth, going to his mistress, meets Christ and a demon. Pelbart #60. 1008 Christ not reckoned among gods. Romans decide that Christ is not to be reckoned among the gods because He preaches poverty which they all despise. Enx (G) #287; H I72 #67; S.T.: V385. — Krappe, Sources, p. 42 #359 (287). 1009 Christ on throne, vision of. During the singing of the Te Deum Laudamus, a girl saw the heavens open, revealing Christ sitting on a throne. H85 #33, H476 #64; Seelentrost (German) 100, 7; 100, 19; Throst (Swed.) 145, 22; 146, 12. — Pat. Lat. CLIX, col. 887 (life of Hugh of Cluny). 1010 Christ revealed in passion. A monk explains why Christ is seen more often in the passion than in the resurrection. Caes. V III, 35; cf. Lib. Ex. #3. 1011 Christ saves preacher. A dead preacher appears to his earthly compan­ ion and tells him that Christ saved him from devils, who had just reasons for seizing him, because he had been a good preacher. Alpha #634; Caes. XII, 49; Recull #561. 1012 Christ seen by nun. A nun sees Christ as a twelve-year-old boy, as a thirty-year-old man, and as an infant. She experiences the joy of eternal life. Caes. V III, 3 (Christ in nun’s garb); Klapper, Erz■ # 4 . — de Vooys, p. 156 (notes). 6

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1013 Christ shows wounds to monk, a.) A monk, who has asked permission from Bernard of Clairvaux to return to secular life, is visited by Christ in the shape of a youth; the latter shows His wounds and says, »You are crucifying me again.» (See also: 713; 761; 2416, 2492, 2960). Libri viii (Caes.) II (6); Pelbart #76, cf. #332; b.) Christ washes the feet of a Cistercian monk. Caes. I, 35; H350 #6. 1014 Christ, victory of. Christ, in the form of a charter, declares His victory and His entry into His inheritance. H683 #25, H687 #7. 1015 Christ visible to one. Christ is visible to only one person. Enx.(M) #25; S.T.: E421. 1. 1. — Gregory, Dial. IV, 8. 1016 Christ, visions of. A physician monk at Clairvaux describes his visions of Christ to the abbot. H582 #10. 1017 Christ with cross in vision. Two brothers are studying in Paris. When the older is close to death, he sees Christ carrying the cross and wearing the crown of thorns. V ar.: Hermit prays to be shown what service is most acceptable; Christ appears in the form of a naked man carrying a heavy cross. H583 #30; Lib. Ex. # 6 ; Pelbart #44; cf. #347 Seelentrost (German) 83, 1; Throst (Swed.) 122, 22. 1018 Christ with eyes in back. A man, overly-generous in his hospitality, becomes impoverished and steals a pig. Christ appears to him in the guise of a pilgrim with eyes in the back of His head. (See also: 987). Alpha #268; H348 #5, LI579 #56; Recull #227. 1019 Christ-child and love of young girl. A little girl, brought up as a nun, is taught above all to love. Standing before an image of the Virgin and Child, she resolves to love only the Child, and hears a voice from the image promising to love her in return. She is afterwards rebuked for smiling during Mass, and explains that her Sweetheart smiled at her as the priest held Him up. H638 #2. 1020 Christ-Child appears to St. Edmund. St. Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, has a vision of Christ as a beautiful boy. H480 #18, H525 # 88 . 1021 Christ-child appears to virgin. Christ appears to a virgin as a humble three-year-old child. (Var.) Caes. VIII, 8; Enx.(G) #211; H361 #122, H367 #30; Klapper, ErZ. #12, #15, Pauli #626. — Ward II, p. 658. 1022 Christ-child appears to woman. Christ appears as a child to a pious woman. She calls upon Him to return, and after thirty days He does so and angels bear her to heaven. (Var.: Christ-child appears to a youth). H582 #3 ; Klapper, Erg. #12, #15, Pauli #626. — Ward II, p. 658. 1023 Christ-child becomes three. A vision of the Virgin and Child and the heavenly host is seen by two hermits while one of them is celebrating Mass in a chapel near their cells. At the consecration the child eats the Host and bids the celebrant elevate and afterwards break Him. Each of the three broken portions immediately becomes a complete child. The first is given to the saints, the second to men, and the third to souls in purgatory. H589 #93.

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1024 Christ-child, image of frees captive son. A mother whose son is in prison takes the Christ-child from the image of the Virgin in a church. The Virgin delivers the son from prison, and the mother delivers the image of the Christ-child back to the church. (See also 423 ff.; 926; 1024; 4163 ff.; 4628). Alpha #463;H 180 #6,H 558 #228; Libri V III (Caes.) Ill (82); Recull #404; Seelentrost (German) 125, 19; Thrast (Swed.) 180, 6. — Mielot #63; Ward II, p. 662. 1025 Christ-child in star. At the birth of Christ, a star appears to kings on a hill. The star is in the form of a child with a cross shining on his shoulder. Alpha #551; cf. Lib. Ex. # 1 , Recull #482. 1026 Christ-child invites monk and abbot. A monk and an abbot entertain the Christ-child at dinner and are invited to heaven by Him. Pauli #665. — de Vooys, p. 114. 1027 Christ-child not seen after marriage. A woman tells a Franciscan that in her youth she used to see the Christ-child in the priest’s hands at the elevation, but that she has not had this vision since her marriage. H647 #53. 1028 Christ-child offered to monk. A religious virgin offers the Christ-child to a monk during the Mass celebrating the Nativity. (See also 1029, 3920, 4169, 5129). Libri viii (Caes.) I (5). 1029 Christ-child placed on altar. Praying nuns were joined by the Virgin who placed the Christ-child on the altar that they might pay homage to Him. (See also: 5128). Libri viii (Caes.) Ill (46). 1030 Christ-child reveals Real Presence. A priest prays for a revelation of the Real Presence; an angel bids him look up, and he sees the Christchild on the altar, and is allowed to embrace Him before resuming Mass. Cf. Caes. IX, 4; H618 #167, H629 #46, H638 #1. — Ward II, 673. 1031 Christ-child seen by St. Hugo. St. Hugo sees the Virgin with the Christ-child. Pelbart #167. 1032 Christ-child seen in manger. On the feast of the Epiphany, a virgin sees Christ in the manger and hears the voice of the Father. Caes. V III, 7. — de Vooys, p. 156 (notes). 1033 Christ-child turns face. During Mass, the infant Christ turns His face away from a wicked priest. Caes. IX, 57. — de Vooys, p. 236. 1034 Christ-child visits monk. A young monk is visited in bed by the Christ-child. H443 #1. 1035 Christ-child weeping in vision. A hermit has a vision of a child bitterly weeping because, although Christ died for all, scarcely one in a hundred will honor Him. H551 #139, H564 #62. 1036 Christ-child with Mary and Joseph. In a vision a monk sees Christ as a newborn child with Mary and Joseph. Caes. V III, 2, 5; cf. H561 #21, H648 #7. — de Vooys, p. 156 (notes). 1037 Christian and Jew, parable of. The parable of the Christian and the Jew from the Secretum secretorum. Viaticum #29. 1038 Christian leaning on cane. A Christian, walking with a cane, pushes a Jew so that he falls into the water. The Jew, lying there, says, »Because

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you act that way, you must walk with a cane.» Mensa 14. 51 (Dunn, p. 28). 1039 Christian like hound. A Christian is compared to an untiring hound. H583 #14. — VP col. 901. 1040 Christians aided in battle. After confession, the Christians are mira­ culously aided in battle against the Turks. H606 #5. 1041 Christians, dead, smile. The Christians killed by the Saracens still seem to smile. EdeB #100. 1042 Christians eating bloody child. A Jew sees Christians at Mass, each eating a bloody child. Cf. H326 xxx; H329 #15, H332 #15, H684 #32. 1043 Christians expelledfor gluttony. Noradin, the son of Saladin, receives a Christian ship well and offers the Christians safe conduct to Jerusalem. He tells them that Saladin, who defeated the Christian army, had the Christians expelled because of their gluttony and vices. Caes. IV, 15. 1044 Christians fighting heathens. The Christians fighting the heathens ask for Christ’s help. After their victory they hear from a captive that a man appeared on their side who stood so high that his head reached to heaven. Seelentrost (German) 48, 9; Thrast (Swed.) 63, 21. 1045 Christina, St., in tower. St. Christina is placed in a high tower by her father because she will not believe in his idols; he finally has her tortured. Seelentrost (German) 129, 20; Throst (Swed.) 186, 2. 1046 Christina, St., return of. St. Christina returns to life through the prayers of her mother. Spec. Laic. #46. 1047 Christmas Eve, devil barredfrom monastery on. A monk sees the Virgin and Child on Christmas Eve and hears the Child say, »A11 the Church is celebrating my birthday. Where is the devil now?» The devil starts up from his den and answers, »I cannot enter the church, but I can enter the chapter-house and the dormitory.» He tries them both but is repulsed. H607 #19. 1048 Chnstmas Eve, stranger on. A laborer living in the woods will not eat on Christmas Eve until he has fed a poor man. One Christmas Eve he searches for a long time in vain, but at least meets a poor man and brings him home; his wife washes the stranger’s feet and sees scars upon them. The stranger vanishes, leaving a lovely fragrance. (See also: 985, 987, 1018, 2694). H489 #119, H567 #113, H611 #76. 1049 Christopher, St., serves strongest. St. Christopher’s desire to serve the strongest ruler leads him to a king, to the devil, and, finally, to Christ. When he is martyred, his blood can miraculously cure blindness. (See also: 686ff.). Seelentrost: (German) 58, 14; Thrast (Swed.) 85, 26. 1050 Chrysaorius, death of. On his deathbed, Chrysaorius beseeches the devils for respite until morning, but they carry him off. Enx (G) #48, #228; H63 #41, H182 #41, H278 #2, H455 #11; JdeV (Crane) #40; Lib. Ex. #72; Odo (P) #38 (Herv. IV, p. 279); Spec. Laic. #194; S.T.: Q272. 1. 1, R ll. 2. 1. — Gregory, Dial. IV, 38; Gregory, Horn., Pat. Lat. LXXVI, col. 1122.

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1051 Church as beautiful woman. A hermit has a vision of the Church as a beautiful woman richly adorned and crowned; but her head is covered with sores, signifying her prelates. H662 #206. 1052 Church, belongings of stolen. An overseer steals the belongings of a church. Spec. Laic. #467. 1053 Church built by usurer. A usurer builds a church with his ill-gotten gains; the bishop, planning to consecrate it, finds a devil in possession and bids him depart with all that belongs to him. He carries off the whole church. (See also: 1217).Enx(G) #177; H548 #104, H550 # 132, H609 #44; Seelentrost (German) 250, 9; Throst (Swed.) 364, 5; S.T.: G303. 8. 4. 2, Q274. 3. 1054 Church burns. A church burns down but the Lord’s Body is left intact. Caes. IX, 16. 1055 Church collapsed by singing. Noble knights, returning from battle, sing in church, »Hunc Diem bellicosum ego feir.» The church collapses and buries them. Lib. Ex. #103. 1056 Church desecrated. A man and and his wife are miraculously punished for desecrating an abbey church. (See also: 1264). H283 #46, H311 #48, H500 #283, H635 #102; Lib. Ex. #119 (notes). — Arnould, Peches, p. 162 ff. #46; Kittredge p. 514 #101. 1057 Church entered by many. A singer saw many people enter a church but only a few within the church itself. Tab. Ex. #6. 1058 Church inscribed with widow's name. A king builds a church and inscribes it with his name. An angel substitutes the name of a poor widow who had given a penny’s worth of hay to the asses employed in the building of the church. H545 #63, H720 #36. 1059 Church left early. A woman always left church after the gospel and before consecration of the Host. One day her husband tried to detain her and she left in the form of a devil, destroying part of the church. Aev. II, 191; Gesta(O) #160; cf. H591 #103 (St.John the Almoner); Katona #160; cf. Lib. Ex. #62; Violier #131. — VP col. 375. 1060 Church quakes after devil's departure. The ground in front of an Arian church quakes when the devil leaves it. Alpha #242. — Gregory, Dial. 111,30. 1061 Church regained with simple words. A simple priest regains his church from an eloquent priest by the use of simple words in a plea to Pope Innocent. (See also: 5381). Caes. VI, 29. 1062 Church, sinner enters. A sinner, who dares not enter the church, creeps in through a window when he hears indulgences being granted. Alpha #229; H ll #53; cf. JdeV(Crane) #122; Recull #195. 1063 Church struck by lightning. a. ) The venerated Church of Notre-Dame du Puy is desecrated by an adulterer and struck by lightning because of it. b. ) Church struck by lightning cited by abbot. c. ) A church in the diocese of Soissons, defiled by dancers, is destroy­ ed by lightning. (See also: 1404, 1423, 3045). EdeB #320, #321, #462.

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1064 Church, weeping in. A devout woman explains why she always weeps in church. H531 #39. 1065 Cicero and Iliad. Cicero writes the Iliad on a parchment so small that it can be enclosed within the shell of a nut. Mensa 43.214 (Dunn, p. 53). 1066 Cicero, merry. Cicero is so jocular in his speech that he is called an actor and a jester by his friends. Mensa 16.57 (Dunn, p. 29). 1067 Cinnamon tree, fruit of. The fruit of the cinnamon tree is difficult to reach. Nicole #90a. 1068 Circle, magic, andfour beguines. Wishing to show the useless occupa­ tions of the beguines, a person drew a circle with four beguines in it. One held a goose, one held its foot, one the sword, and another drove the sword with a hammer. (See also: 3516). Mensa 40.197 (Dunn, p. 51). 1069 Circle, magic, and troubled demons. A magician draws circles outside the city and conjures up demons. The demons appear on the night of the feast of the Virigin but are very uneasy. (Told by Roger Bacon.) (See also: 3998). Lib. Ex. #38. 1070 Circle, magic, discourse with demon in. A knight does not believe in demons until Philip, a necromancer, puts him into a circle and advises him to grant no request to the demon who is about to appear. Henry discourses with the huge, black demon who knows all the evil in the world. Alpha #561; Caes. V, 2; Recull #492. — Monteverdi, p. 270. 1071 Circle, magic, scholar vanishesfrom. a. ) A scholar vanishes from the magic circle when he takes a gold ring offered him by a demon in the form of a beautiful woman; he is carried to hell. When he is released, he enters a monastery. b. ) A scholar summons the devil by magic to help him win a wo­ man’s love. Two innocent boys see her in the magic circle being pulled in one direction by devils, in the other by her confessor. Alpha #562; cf. Caes. V, 3; H382 #153, H479 #8, H484 #61, cf. H693 #5, H698 #30; Recull #493; Wright #85. — Altd. Bl. II. 77; Knust, p. 325 (notes). 1072 Circle of crosses. When a bailiff meets the devil, he makes a circle of crosses around himself with his axe. A wall grows up around him as he is confessing. Lib. Ex. #95. 1073 Cistercian and mute beggar. Two friends are students at the university. One announces his intention of becoming a Cistercian; the other wishes to be a mute beggar serving God. A prince, many years later, asks the Cistercian, who is now abbot, to pray for his sick son. His prayers are of no avail, but the prayers of the mute beggar bring the son to life again; the latter becomes a monk. Klapper, Erg. #40. 1074 Cistercians, glory of. A lay-brother of the Black Order appeared to two monks and said that the Cistercian Order had the greatest glory in heaven. Caes. XII, 53. 1075 Cistercians, man joins. St. Dominic prays for a man to join the Cistercian order, and the man does so. Alpha #282; cf. Caes. VII, 8; Recull #240.

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1076 Cistercians, master and servant as. A rich man and his servant become Cistercians. The former submits to hard rules; the latter lives as luxuri­ ously as possible. H402 #511, H492 #173. 1077 Cistercians, strict rule of. A prelate is prevented from joining the Cister­ cians because he is afraid of the strictness of the rules and fears that he might succumb to temptations. Caes. IV, 46, 47. 1078 Citizen forbidden to leave city. An Italian citizen, who had no desire to leave his city for forty years, cannot endure staying there when told that he is forbidden to leave. [Also told of Damascus]. (See also: 3659). JdeV(Frenken) #75; JdeV(Greven) #79; M dM #33; Pauli #319; Pelbart #389. 1079 Citizens, exiled, restored. St. Bernard preaches that Crema, a city which exiled many families, should restore their property to them. When this is done, God is pleased. Esempi #35. 1080 City besieged by king. (Allegory of the devil, the world and Christ). A powerful king besieges a poor city and a poor man saves the city. Gesta (O) #232; cf. Spec. Laic. #551 (Welter). 1081 City betrayed by duchess. The duchess of a city, which is being besieged by the King of the Huns, offers to betray the city if he will marry her; he agrees, captures the city, marries her, and then condemns her to infamy and death. Enx.(G) #177; H268 #95; Katona #49; Violier #48. — Krappe, Sources, p. 33 #248 (177); Migne, Pat. Lat. XCV, col. 51. 1082 City delivered to enemy. A treacherous ruler of a city under siege sends his sons to deliver the city to the enemy. Enx(G) #187; S.T.: K2369.3. — Krappe, Sources, p. 34 #258(187). 1083 City destroyed by sweat cloth. One day, a generous man, who always invited the poor to share meals with him, can find only a man in a white garment accompanied by two strangers. The white-clad figure says, »You cannot save the city from destruction,» and shakes his sweat cloth, and half the city collapses. He raises his hand to destroy the remain­ ing half, but the others prevent him for the sake of the generous man. (See also: 1086). Klapper, Erz. #103. 1084 City, heretical, besieged. The King of France is besieging an heretical city, but cannot take it because a saintly woman lives there. The king and his men pray for her removal; she soon dies and the city falls. H671 #314. 1085 City reached by desert. A king builds a beautiful city on a hill and bids all his subjects visit it, but they can only get "there by crossing a desert. H695 #35. 1086 City, sinful, destroyed. In reward for his hospitality, a man’s house is left standing when a sinful city is destroyed. (Seealso: 1083). Alpha #368; Recull #318. 1087 Clairvoyance of monk. a.) A travelling monk who is clairvoyant appears to a lay brother to advise him. He reveals an intimate knowledge of the other’s monastery. Caes. VIII, 96.

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b.) Clairvoyance of demoniacs and the protective power of confession against them. H22 #181. 1088 Clairvoyant doubted by lay brother. A lay brother despises another and doubts that he is clairvoyant until the latter reveals that he is cogniscent of the other’s suspicion and hate. Caes. Ill, 334. 1089 Clairvoyant marries king. A knight brought a clairvoyant girl to the king so that she might clear him of the suspicion of being a fool by explaining the meaning of all his seemingly foolish statements. She also reveals that the king’s wife is an adultress and keeps a man disguised as a maid. She subsequently marries the king. M dM # 7 ,; S.T.: H580, H582, H586, H586.2.1, H586.3—6, J1 149.3. — Espinosa, Cuentos II, p. 143 ff.; Hilka, Compilatio, p. 4 f. 1090 Clairvoyant predicts emperor. A clairvoyant predicts correctly to the Duchess of Saxony that one of her sons will become emperor (Otto). Caes. VI, 10bis. 1091 Clara, St., death of. Pelbart #346. 1092 Clara, St., protects cloister. St. Clara protects her cloister with the Eucharist. Nicole # 137b. 1093 Clemens, St. Recognition story by St. Clemens. Viaticum #26. 1094 Clement, St., and brothers. Seelentrost (German) 18, 27; Threst (Swed.) 26, 5. 1095 Clerk elected bishop. A clerk is elected bishop for services rendered the Virgin. Libri viii (Caes.) Ill (66). — de Vooys, p. 79 (notes). 1096 Clerk mistreated by knight. A knight who has mistreated a clerk asks for his prayers when be becomes ill. The clerk relents and prays for him. (See also: 2140). Alpha #392; Recull #340. 1097 Clerk unjustly burned. A clerk is falsely accused by a woman of having assaulted her. When he is imprisoned, she climbs over the prison walls to see him. He is burned at the stake, but great miracles occur at his grave. Alpha #454; Caes. IV, 99; H356 #67, H435 #58, H698 #4; Recull #396. 1098 Cliff, lover leaps from. »Saltus Galteri» is a place in Normandy where a lover leapt from a cliff into the sea, expecting his mistress to leap with him. EdeB #474; H17 #131; H555 #183; JdeV(Crane) #214; Pauli #596; Wright #49. 1099 Cliff, Templar leaps from. »Saltus Templarii» is a place between Tyre and Acre, where a Templar escaped by leaping on horseback down a cliff into the sea. H6 #14; JdeV(Crane) #90; Wright #5. 1100 Cloak, beaten by. A priest, failing to pray for a man who had given him a cloak, was carried, in a dream, to purgatory. There he was beaten with this same cloak dipped in lava. Caes. XII, 42. 1101 Cloak of monk as disguise. A widow became a nun after she was escorted out of the city of Cologne, disguised in a lay-brother’s cloak. Caes. I, 41. 1102 Cloak of Virgin, Dominicans protected by. The Virgin Mary appears with many handsome young Dominicans protected beneath her cloak.

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(See also: 431). (Also told of Cistercians). Caes. VII, 59; H697 #13; Klapper, Erz. #57; cf. #49 Lib. Ex. — de Vooys, p. 60; Ward II, p. 635. 1103 Cloak parchment. Magister Serlo has a vision of a dead pupil wrapped in a parchment cloak which tortures him with infernal heat. A drop of sweat falls on Serlo’s hand and burns a hole in it. Serlo becomes a Cistercian monk. Alpha #151, #385; EdeB # 9 ; Enx(G) #366; H30 #30, H77 #201, H94 #13, LI181 #32, H330 #22, H434 #53, H468 #25, H486 #83, H556 #203, H564 #61, H616 #139; JdeV (Crane) #31; JdeV(Frenken) #16; JdeV(Greven) #16; Klapper, Erz. #24; Lib. Ex. #121; Odo(P) #190 (Herv.IV,p. 341); Pelbart #294; Recull #124; S.T.: E368. — de Vooys, p. 51 (notes); Haureau I, pp. 303—314, 32; II, p. 213; V, p. 206; VI, p. 140 et. sq.; Monteverdi, p. 286; Romania X III (1884), p. 46; Schonbach, Studien, WSB, 139, 5. abh;Specchio I, p. 75; Toldo, Archiv. CXIX, p. 364 (ref. to Recull #124). 1104 Cloak, stolen, massesfor. A dead man, having stolen a cloak, appears to a friend and asks him to have masses said for his soul. He predicts the hour of his friend’s death, and touches him on the arm so that his bones are exposed. Aev. # 9 7 .— Gf. Handlyng synne (ed. Fumivall, p. 72—76). 1105 Cloak, tear-stiffened. A hermit frightens the devil away with a tearstiffened cloak. H67 #87, H394 #358, H461 #63; Odo(P) #80 (Herv. IV, p. 296). 1106 Cloister promised by count. A count does not attack a girl who is devoted to the Virgin. He promises to build a cloister but is mortally wounded in a tournament. The Virgin Mary appears and commands his burial in the graveyard. His relatives build the cloister and the girl becomes abbess. Klapper, Erz. #104. 1107 Cloth, miraculous. Men who scoff at pieces of cloth given to them as saints’ relics are repentant when St. Gregory cuts the cloth and blood spurts forth. Alpha #213; Recull #181. 1108 Clothes, bloody. A woman who has perfumed her clothes finds them all blood-stained on Good Friday. Libri viii (Caes.) I (33); H615 #122. 1109 Clothes, fine, to please husband. H49 #90; Odo(F) #64a (Herv. IV, p. 237). 1110 Clothes miraculously clean. The clothes of a knight who kneels in the mud before the Flost as it passes stay miraculously clean. (See also: 5322). Alpha #492; Caes. IX, 51; Enx(G) #127; H363 #148; Recull #430; S.T.: V34.4, V251. — Castigos, p. 216; Milagros # 2 , #7. 1111 Clothes, parti-colored. The queen’s bastard son wears parti-colored clothes. Enx(G) #118; Gesta(I) #52; Gesta(O) #26; H159 #35, H174 #83, H237 #17, H267 #76; Katona #26; Violier #26. — Lit. Bl. (1919), 40.311. 1112 Clothes, rich, exchangedfor poor. A canon exchanges his good clothes for the poor ones of a wandering scholar. He begs to be accepted as a novice. This request is finally granted although his poor clothes create some difficulties at first. Caes. I, 38.

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1113 Clothes, rich, gain admittance to court. A philosopher in rags is refused admittance to a palace. Returning in borrowed clothes, he is royally admitted. He kisses his fine clothes. [Var.: This story is told of Homer and also of Peter Abelard at a monastery.] EdeB #507; H70 #121; Klapper #146; ML #73; Odo(P) #170 (Herv. IV, p. 332); Pauli #415, #416. — Crane, It. Pop. Tales, p. 296. 1114 Clothes, rich, unacceptable. An illiterate monk is asked by a cardinal to preach a word of exhortation during a journey. The monk tells of the cardinal’s arrival in paradise and of his not being admitted because of his fancy clothes and the rich foods in his stomach. Alpha #350; Caes. IV, 79; H356 #64, H651 #54; Recull #302. — Espinosa, Cuentos II, p. 310. 1115 Clothes washed by saint. A saint, highly esteemed by the people, strips himself naked and washes his clothes before the people so as to be thought mad. H68 #95, H458 #14; Odo(P) #90 (Herv. IV, p. 300). — VP cols. 782, 1020, 1035. 1116 Clothes washed in Christ's presence. In a dream, a priest saw twelve monks washing their clothes at a river (cleansing of sins) in the presence of Christ, who showed the priest paradise in the form of a castle. The priest decides to join the twelve monks in the building of a monastery. Aev. #47. 1117 Clothes washed in tears. The vision of a cleric from the year 1104: penitents wash their clothes in a river of tears. Pelbart #27. 1118 Clothing as protection from evil. Clothing protects one from evil spirits. Enx.(G) #45; S.T.: D1385.19. 1119 Clothing, most costly, worn by king. A king of England refuses to wear anything but the most costly clothing. Alpha #596; Recull #526. — VP 212, col. 981. 1120 Cloud, black, seizes son. A widow curses her son for stealing from her. Returning home after gambling and blaspheming, his companion sees him caught up in a black cloud, whirled, high in the air, and then dropped. [Var.: The son has robbed his mother of cloth for a new robe.] H624 #7, H645 #36. 1121 Cloud entered. An old man says that Moses entered a cloud to speak to God and left it to speak to the people. Odo(P) #194 (Herv. IV, p. 342); Spec. Laic. #508. 1122 Coal, burning, on boy's arm. While at a sacrifice, Alexander watches a burning coal fall onto a boy’s arm and lets it burn for he wishes to test the boy. Gesta(I) #72; Gesta(O) #184; H119 #10, H179 #151, H232 #27, H263 #3. — Val. Max. Ill, 3. 1123 Coat burns clerk. A clerk begs for the elegantly fashioned coat of a dead knight. It burns him to ashes. H280 #22, H286 #21, H310 #20. — Arnould, Peches, p. 139 #22. 1124 Coat held for father's sake. A knight makes money through usury, On his deathbed his confessor bids him restore it, but he refuses, pre­ ferring to use it as a dowry for his daughter. The confessor then bids

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her hold a live coal for her father’s sake while he says a Paternoster. She fails and the knight then surrenders the money. H550 # 124. 1125 Coal exchanged for gold. A poor nobleman with three daughters gives his last silver piece to honor the Virgin Mary. He exchanges his coat for a lump of ore that proves to be pure gold and becomes rich. Cf. H664 #236; Klapper, Erz. #73. 1126 Coat left to cloister. A woman has many sons, one of whom enters a cloister. She leaves a coat to the cloister, but the children do not give it. The son in the cloister has a vision of a crowd of people in the refectory eating and drinking. His mother is there but is not enjoying herself. She says that the people are those who have given gifts to cloisters and tells the son to go to her children for the coat. (See also: 3349). Seelentrost (German) 142, 9; Throst (Swed.) 214, 2. 1127 Coat of adulterer left. An adulterer leaves his coat behind and the husband accuses his wife of sinning. When he calls in the neighbors as witnesses, she substitutes her husband’s coat for the adulterer’s. EdeB #459. 1128 Coat of Christ heals woman. A woman who was healed by touching Christ’s coat then heals others with her coat. Alpha #800; cf. Pauli #323; Recull #711; S.T.: F966. 1129 Coat, pierced, of knight. EdeB #410. 1130 Cock rises at dinner. Two companions are sitting at dinner with a cut-up fowl before them. They say that the cock can never rise again, even at the command of St. Peter or of Christ Himself. The cock im­ mediately comes alive, claps its wings, and crows. [Var.: The scoffers are spattered by the cock and become leprous.] Alpha #117; H347 # 1; Recull #97. 1131 Cock, roasted, and five-year-old boy. Pelbart #98. 1132 Cock seized by fox. A victorious cock, crowing in triumph, is seized by a fox; his vanquished rival escapes. H654 #104. 1133 Cockcrow regulated. An old woman regulates the crowing of her cock. When he can’t be silenced, she immerses him in water, tie conti­ nues, however, to crow on the next hour. EdeB #202. 1134 Cockcrows. An adulteress has two cocks killed for crowing the truth about her. The third cock is more prudent and saves his life by crowing, »See and here (hear) and holde thee stylle / then mighte thou leue (live) and have thy wylle.» EdeB #465; Gesta(I) #182; Gesta(M) #13; #45; Gesta(O) #68; H206 #53, H233 #41, H254 #45, H264 #33, cf. H132 #106; Katona #68; Nicole #121; Pauli #9; Pelbart #145 #33, cf. H132 #106; Katona #68; Nicole #121; Pauli #9 ; Pelbart #145; Violier #66; Aa-Th.: 243 A; S.T.: J551.1.— BP II, p. 368; Chauvin V III, 49—50; Clouston II, 209; Espinosa, Cuentos III, p. 416 ff., Jsb. 10, 108; jVQ.CXLIX (1925), 369, 411 (Hear all, see all, say nothing); Rev. hisp. 21.226; Romania 16.565, 19.109, 21.71; Taylor, Fabula I (1957), p. 28. 1135 Cocks forbidden to crow. St. Martin, Archbishop of Tours, visiting

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a town in his diocese, bids his servants call him at cockcrow. He is allowed to oversleep and learns that one of his predecessors had forbidden the cocks in that town to crow. H651 #47. 1136 Codras, death of. Codras (Cosdras) sacrifices himself in order to assure victory for his army. Enx(G) #282; #321; Gesta(I) #89, #124; Gesta(O) #41, H250 #90, H650 #43; Herzstein # 3 ; Katona #41; Violier #40; S.T.: M202.2. — Augustin, De. Civ. Dei Bk. 18, cap. 19; Castigos, p. 184; Cifar, p. 368; Herrig 127.284 #44; Krappe, Sources, p. 499 #394 (321); Val. Max. V, 6, ext. 1. 1137 Coffin, empty. People hear a voice coming out of a grave, crying, »I burn! I burn!» When the wife of the dead man opens the coffin, she finds the body gone. Alpha #703; Enx(G) #346; Recull #622; S.T.: E411.0.7. — Gregory, Dial. IV, 56. 1138 Coffin kept in room. A citizen of Paris has his coffin placed in his room. [Var.: Tomb kept in house and filled with food for poor on All Saints’ Day]. (See also: 4896, 4897). EdeB #66; H29 #19, cf. H98 #56, H466 #34, H493 #180, H546 #87. 1139 Coinfloated. A monk floats a coin in water and says that God thus dwells in a calm heart. Spec. Laic. #349. 1140 Coin, last, given to beggar. A man gives his last coin to a beggar instead of buying food for himself. A stranger gives him twenty shillings, which, he tells him, are from the Lord. [Var.: Pie receives food as a reward.] Alpha #291; H664 #236; Recull #294; S.T.: Q42.1. 1141 Coin untouched by hermit. A hermit does not want to touch a coin because it is money. JdeV(Frenken) #104; JdeV(Greven) #107. 1142 Coins, bad, as offering. A good priest finds that an avaricious peasant gives him bad coins. On Easter the priest puts the bad coin in the man’s mouth instead of the Host. After mass the peasant approaches the priest who urges him to confess; he does so and receives the Host. Alpha #577; H553 #162, H685 #45; JdeV(Crane) #198; Pauli #73, #679; Recull #508. — Arlotto #82; Knust, El Conde Lucanor, p. 406. 1143 Coins in mouth of usurer. Serpents place fiery coins in the mouth ol a usurer who has earned this money through usury. (See also: 3039). Libri viii (Caes.) II (22); cf. H I34 #131. 1144 Coins scorned. The defiled Suffronia scorned the coins of Maxentius. Cf. Enx(G) #119; Spec. Laic. #485 (Welter.) 1145 Coins stolen from canon. A canon pleads for a thief who had stolen coins from him. Caes. VI, 74. 1146 Color of sinner changed. A prayer of a sinner changes the color of his skin from black to white. Enx(G) #265; cf. Klapper, Erg. #92; S.T.: D 1766.1, V52.ll. — VP cols. 795, 985, 1046. 1147 Colt fed ass’s milk. A colt fed on ass’s milk imbibes the ass’s nature. H I04 #36. 1148 Coll retrieved miraculously. A knight, after his conversion, miracu­ lously retrieves a colt which had run away. Caes. VII, 385.

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1149 Colts, unbridled, and lusts. Fleshly lusts are like unbridled colts. [Var.: mules.] H48 #54; Odo(F) #37 (Herv. IV, p. 211). 1150 Column bearing PPP. A column at Rome bears the inscriptions, »PPP, SSS, RRR, FFF,» which are explained (by Bede in some ver­ sions). Gesta(D) #92; Gesta(O) #42; H171 #51; Katona #42; Pauli #7 ; Violier #41. 1151 Column, brazen, at Jerusalem. H I37 #4. 1152 Comfort, bodily. A woman whose only concern is her bodily com­ fort is stricken with an illness from which she rots and dies. Alpha #243; Recull #205. 1153 Commandments kept belter than study. Three penitents confess to a hermit who declares that keeping the commandments is better than collecting or reading books on theology. H496 #223, H519 #12, H530 #27. 1154 Communion neglected by virtuous man. A religious man fails to go to communion; on his deathbed, he is unable to receive the Host. (See also: 2649). Lib. Ex. #12. 1155 Communion refused dying man. A dying man repents of everything except his love for his cousin and is therefore refused Holy Communion until St. Bernard visits him. Caes. II, 16; H351 #19, H614 #118. 1156 Communion refused unbaptized. A converted man cannot take Holy Communion because he has not been baptized. Libriviii (Caes.) II (11). 1157 Communion, scholar’s preparation for. A dead scholar appears to a friend and says that he has been saved because he always prepared himself well for communion. H595 #145. 1158 Communion taken by angel. An angel takes communion from a priest until the latter becomes vain because of it. Pelbart #104. 1159 Complaisance of old husband. Tentamina: A young wife tests her old husband’s complaisance. H265 #53. — Campbell (Seven Sages) 8. 1160 Compline said in bed. a. ) A monk is reproved by a pilgrim for saying compline in bed. b. ) A prior is rebuked by a demoniac for saying compline in bed. (See also: 4442, 4443). H705 #44, #45. 1161 Confession before sinning. A sinner confesses before sinning and is pardoned. Enx (M) #71; Libri viii (Caes.) II (53)-var.; Lib. Ex. #94; S.T.: V21. 5. — VP cols. 769, 876. 1162 Confession by the wayside. A pagan cannot denounce a Christian slave for adultery because the slave has confessed to a shepherd. (See also: 1508). Caes. Ill, 3; H284 #56. — Arnould, Peches, p. 178 f. #56. 1163 Confession converts observer. A youth of noble birth was converted while watching the monks confess their sins in church. He later became a bishop. Caes. I, 22. 1164 Confession cures bewitched woman. A bewitched woman always goes mad at the sight of her husband. On a Dominican’s advice, she goes to confession and the spell is broken. [Var.: Confession cures madman], H633 #85, H634 #91.

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1165 Confession cures seizure. A clerk seized with »ignis qui dicitur infernalis» (St. Anthony’s fire) recovers after confession. H482 #43. 1166 Confession, desire for, saves culprit. Pelbart #15; Spec. Ex. #41. 1167 Confession, efficacy of shown. A man who would not confess is led, after death, to various places of punishment. He is restored to life, convinced of the necessity of confession. Libri viii (Caes.) I (31). 1168 Confession, false, revealed. A novice learned in a dream that a certain knight had lied to him in confession. Libri viii (Caes.) 30 (1). 1169 Confession, fountain of. The seducer of a Jewess is cleansed in »the fountain of confession» after every visit to her. H56 #108. 1170 Confession harms devil. (Var.) a.) The devil appears to a dying theologian and tells him that confession is harmful to him (i.e., the devil). b. ) A devil is wounded by a knife every time a man goes to co fession. c. ) A priest was told by a devil in angel’s disguise that he wou die within a year, but it did not happen. After the priest entered a mon­ astery, he was still pursued by the devil until sincere confession rid him of the devil forever. Alpha #172; Caes. I l l, 14; Caes. XI, 38; H353 #35, H613 #95; Pelbart #45, #48; Recull #143. 1171 Confession heard by angel. A monk does not heed the signal of his brother who wants to confess; the brother’s guardian angel, then, prostrates himself before the monk to hear the confession immediately. Caes. I, 6ter. 1172 Confession in illness compared to dog. Those who confess when ill but resume their sins when well are compared to a dog which alternately fawns and bites. H13 #86. 1173 Confession in unison. A vicar always had several people confess by uttering a general confession. He then assigned the same penance for all. When an old parishioner dies, he has to confess all the particular' sins for which he has never done penance. Caes. Ill, 45. 1174 Confession liberates monk from demons. A sick monk sees demons rejoicing at the thought of capturing his soul when it leaves his body. On the advice of the Virgin, he confesses and is liberated from the demons. Caes. VII, 9; Libri viii (Caes.) Ill (79). 1175 Confession like currying horse. H10 #51. 1176 Confession must accompany fasting. Mary Magdalene appears to a fasting woman and says that fasting must be accompanied by confession. Aev. #30; Gesta (M) #96, p. 443; H259 #76. 1177 Confession of bishop to Dominican. A bishop, feeling ill, sends for a Dominican to visit him the next day. The Dominican says that he cannot promise to see him since neither may be alive the following day. On a second invitation, he comes at once, and has the bishop confess to him; the bishop dies the following day. H634 #88, H482 #45.

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1178 Confession of nuns revealed. Some Dominicans hear the confessions ofnuns and cause a scandal by proclaiming the nuns’ wickedness publicly. JdeV(Crane) #80. 1179 Confession of prince to bishop. A prince, falling ill, confesses to a bishop and promises amendment, but relapses into sin upon his recovery. Falling ill again, he sends for the bishop again, but the latter rebukes him for breaking his promise and leaves him. The prince has a vision of Christ on the cross with blood flowing from His wounds and hears the Virgin pleading for him. He finally pleads for himself and his repentance is accepted. (See also: 761, 998; 1013, 1235). H591 #106. 1180 Confession of sick man. A sick man hides behind the stairs because he does not want to confess. Pauli #701. 1181 Confession on Ash Wednesday. A scholar goes to confession on Ash Wednesday but falls into sin daily throughout Lent. He confesses, however, every day and on Holy Thursday his confessor sees a devil stabbed with forty knives by these confessions. (See also: 1170). H589 # 86. 1182 Confession once a year. A priest who confesses only once a year has a vision of his judgment day. Klapper, Erz. #191. 1183 Confession postponed. The sister of St. Damian went to purgatory for eighteen days because she listened to a song instead of going to confession. (See also: 4497). Tab. Ex. #88. 1184 Confession postponed by priest. A sinful priest is struck with remorse during a sermon and resolves to confess, but the sermon is so long that he postpones his confession until the next day. That night he has a vision of the Virgin telling him that his sins are already forgiven. The next day he repeats this vision to the preacher instead of confessing. The latter warns him that he is deluded by the devil in disguise; when the priest refuses to confess, he falls down the cemetery steps. (See also: 1565). H640 #20. 1185 Confession, prayer to live for. A knight prays to live in order to make his confession because he is unable to die without it. (See also: 2958). EdeB #121, #122; H395 #376, FI540 #36. — Ward II, p. 653. 1186 Confession refused by rich man. A rich man, refusing confession, says that he is going to hell quickly. EdeB #405. 1187 Confession rejected by bishop. A bishop did not confess on his deathbed m order to set an example. He implied there was no need of such a confession if one had already confessed daily. Caes. Ill, 22; H353 #39. 1188 Confession, return from dead. (Var.) (See also: 1464). a.) Confession, dead return to speak of. (The dead return to speak of the neglect of or the necessity of confession.) (See also: 1190). 1. A saintly monk appears after death to say that he is condemned to stay in purgatory until doomsday because of his negligence in confessing. 2. A dead man exclaims that he is damned for neglecting his master’s advice to make a timely confession.

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3. The soul of a girl returns from the dead to preach that con­ fession of sins is necessary. 4. A dead nun appears to her sister and says that she is damned for having concealed a sin in confession. Enx(G) # 3 ; H530 #34, H659 #174, #180, #H708 #4. — Tractatus (Campbell) #303. b.) Confession, revival for. (See also: 428, 851, 2944). 1. An incestuous man died unconfessed, but his devotion to the Virgin restored him to life in order that he might confess. 2. A priest arrives too late to hear a dying man’s confession. During the priest’s prayers, the dead man revives for confession. 3. A dying monk revives and tells the prior that he has been sent back to confess a secret sin. 4. St. Francis’ prayers enable a dead woman to return to life long enough to confess a sin. Alpha #331, H380 #127, H482 #47, H567 #108, H581 #1, H676 # 9 ; Lib. Ex. #199a, #199b; Recull #284; S.T.: E341.3. — Monte­ verdi 307(24); Ward II, 633. 1189 Confession saves murderess. A woman who has confessed her sin of murder is miraculously saved from burning while two men who did not confess burn to death. Alpha #175; Caes. Ill, 15; H353 #36; Pelbart #47; Recull #146; S.T.: Q223.4. — Jacob’s Well #47; Monteverdi, p. 307(23). 1190 Confession saves sinful man. A sinful man has a vision of hell awaiting him. On the advice of his pious wife he confesses, dies and goes to Paradise. After three days, he appears to tell his wife that she will follow him soon. (See also: 428, 1188, 1475, 2944, 3461). Klapper, Era. #99. 1191 Confession saves two bishops. Two bishops, on the way to visit a demo­ niac, confess to each other, and thus escape denunciation. H86 #40. 1192 Confession, sin concealed in. A woman who concealed a great sin in confession goes home and hangs herself. H681 #1. 1193 Confession, sins washed away by. The sins of an adulterous deacon are washed away by confession. (See also: 4421). Spec. Laic. #128. 1194 Confession to devil. A dying man confesses to the devil who is dis­ guised as a priest. His soul is allowed to return to his body for con­ fession. (See also: 1409, 1496, 2392, 3795, 4538, 4724). H14 #90, H432 #19, H588 #76, H649 #18; JdeV(Crane) #303; Recull #149; S.T.: E341.3, G303.16.10, V23.1. — Ward II, 685. 1195 Confession to devil as monk. A knight, devoted to the Virgin, falls into mortal sin. He is ashamed to confess to his parish priest and goes to London where the devil, disguised as a monk, hears his confession. On his deathbed, he is visited by the Virgin, St. Peter, and Mary Magdalene who drive the devil away. (See also: 1551). H644 #27. 1196 Confession to one another. A confessor sins in the company of a young monk and they confess to one another. After his death, the confessor appears to the young monk and exhorts him to true confession with the prior. Caes. Ill, 24.

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1197 Confession to son by mother. A matron brought up her child with the intention of having him enter the priesthood so that she could confess her sins to him. Alpha #180; Caes. Ill, 42; Recull #151. 1198 Confession, weeping prevents. A penitent cannot confess because of his weeping; a voice from heaven bids the priest absolv ehim. H659 #172. 1199 Confession with clairvoyant. A secretary of the Roman Curia comes to Simon of Aulne for confession since Simon is clairvoyant and can mention every sin which the secretary has forgotten. Caes. Ill, 3bis. 1200 Confession with clairvoyant and servant. Confession in a stable saves a knight’s adulterous steward from denunciation by a demoniac. Alpha #177; Caes. Ill, 2; H542 #41, H605 #21, H616 #144; Recull #148. — de Vooys, p. 178; Monteverdi 312(28); Ward II, 664. 1201 Confession without repentance worthless. A sinner, hearing that con­ fession hides sin from the devil, confesses but without repentance and is therefore denounced by a possessed man. H683 #21. 1202 Confession, written, disappears. (Var.) a. ) Confession disappears. A scholar is unable to say his confession because of extreme contrition. The abbot has him write it on paper. Upon reading the terrible sins, he calls on the prior for a decision, but the paper upon which the sins were written has been miraculously wiped clean. (See also: 738, 1139, 4421). .Alpha #102, #205; Caes. II, 10; Caes. Ill, 27-var.; EdeB #176, #178, # 179-var.; Enx(G) # 1 ; H13 #88. H77 #192, H351 #15, H380 #123, H484 #59, H542 #4-var., H560 #17, H586 #61, H597 #3-var., H609 #34, #35-var., H639 #9, H669 #293, H680 #54, H682 #3, H690 #34; JdeV(Crane) #301; Lib. Ex. #100; Nicole #86b; Odo(P) #182 (Herv. IV, p. 336); Pelbart #13; Recull #85-var., #173; Spec. Laic. (Welter) #531; Wright #110; S.T.: J80, V21.1, V21.6. — de Vooys, p. 242; Jacob’s Well # 3 ; Krappe, Sources, p. 20 #72(1); Monteverdi, p. 305(22); Specchio I, 150; VP col. 380-var. b. ) Devil reveals unconfessed sin. 1. A demon publicly announces the unconfessed sin of a man who has just returned from confession, but the man’s having made a general confession forces the devil to deny his original claim. 2. A demon reveals that a girl is no longer a virgin, but her confession makes him deny his original claim. 3. An archbishop is raising the Host when a man is possessed by the devil and accuses a monk of a sin; the monk then confesses. 4. A devil, speaking through a woman, tells a lay-brother of his unconfessed sins. The latter confesses and the devil is no longer aware of these sins. (See also: 1569). Aev. #95ter; Caes. Ill, 6bis- ter; Caes. V, 29-var.; H352 #30, #31. c. ) Sins forgotten. (Var.) A monk claims that he knows all the un­ confessed sins of his parishioners; he remembers none, however, when the sinners return from confession. (See also: 4417). Alpha #171, #174; 7

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Caes. Ill, 21; cf. 33; EdeB #184; H14 #89, H353 #38, H609 #40, H659 #173, H667 #265, H705 #47; JdeV(Crane) #302; Recull #142, #145; S.T.: V21.1, V24.1. — Monteverdi, p. 390(26). 1203 Confessor denounces murderer. A knight secretly kills a man. The priest, hoping to gain the promised reward, denounces him to the ruler after his confession. The ruler pardons the knight but blinds the priest and cuts out his tongue. H671 #312. 1204 Confessor, reproachful. An abbot, after hearing a young monk’s confession, no longer loves him as before. He is reproved by Christ in the form of a stranger. (See also: 982ff.). IT703 #23. 1205 Confessor resists temptation. A matron tempts her confessor who is able to resist. Caes. Ill, 43. 1206 Confessor sent by Christ. In answer to a holy woman’s prayers, a confessor is sent by Christ to a dying man who is possessed by seven devils. Gesta(M) #95; H261 #95. 1207 Confessor, sudden death of. A confessor who wishes to prevent one of his penitents from entering a religious order suddenly dies. (See also: 1481). EdeB #398. 1208 Confessor threatens woman. A confessor, believing that a woman is concealing all of her graver sins, tells her she is so holy that he must cut off one of her hands to keep as a relic. He thus frightens her into making a full confession. H659 #179. 1209 Confessors discussed by monk. Caes. VIII, 71. 1210 Confessors scorn sinners. A confessor, hearing a person’s sins, holds his nose. Another confessor spits in the face of sinners instead of attracting them by compassion. H643 # 8 ; JdeV(Crane) #63. 1211 Congregationfrees souls. St. Paphnutius releases souls from purgatory by obtaining the prayers of the congregation at a dedication festival. (See also: 3587). H596 #166. 1212 Congregation, pilgrimage of, to heaven. A preacher has a vision of a pilgrimage of his congregation to heaven and their rejection by St. Peter. Pauli #521. 1213 Conscience stifled by carousing. A rich man tries to stifle his conscience by carousing. Alpha #190; H432 #21. 1214 Consciousness regained. A knight regains consciousness through the Holy Sacrament. Libri viii(Caes.) 1(10). 1215 Constantine and city walls. In a vision, the converted emperor Constantine sees an old woman rejuvenated (signifying the resurrection of a city) and is told to build a city whose walls coincide with the path trodden by his unguided horse. Aev. #5. 1216 Constantine and lamp of balsam. H386 #223. — Ward II, 638. 1217 Constantine and St. Sylvester. When Constantine gives wealth to a church in the days of St. Sylvester, a voice is heard, »Today poison has been poured into the church.» (See also: 1053). Alpha #713; Pelbart #53; Recull #634; Tab. Ex. #69. 1218 Constantine and vision of crucifix. HI 71 #54.

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1219 Constantine appoints bishop. Emperor Constantine, assuming that a priest is able to read his mind, makes him a bishop. Aev. #6. 1220 Constantine burns arguments. Emperor Constantine copies down his friends’ disagreements and arguments and burns them in order that their faults may be hidden. Alpha #142; Recull #118. — VP col. 370. 1221 Constantine embraces peasant. Constantine embraces a peasant who despises him. H73 #161, H462 #88, H514 #55; Odo(P) #142 (Herv. IV, p. 320; Spec. Laic, #322. — Gregory, Dial. I, 5. 1222 Constantine tests sincerity of faith. Gonstantine tests the sincerity of his courtiers’ Christian faith by ordering them to worship an idol. H131 #102, H I59 #34. 1223 Constantine, victory of. Constantine defeats the tyrant Maxentius and restores the heritage of the Romans. Gesta(I) #79; Gesta(O) #95; H124 #50; Katona #95. 1224 Construction, plot against. A lay-brother who is plotting against the construction of a building dies suddenly. Caes. XI, 57. 1225 Consulate refused. Miaulinus (Manlius) refuses the consulate. H I33 #121, H158 #22. — Val. Max. VI, 4.1. 1226 Consuls not killed. Citizens are dissuaded from killing consuls on the grounds that their successors might be even worse. H I68 #19. 1227 Contemplation, food for. St. Anthony finds food for contemplation in the holy writings. Alpha #733; Recull #652. 1228 Contemplation instead of reading. After his conversion, Walter of Birbech no longer reads about the life of Christ, but, instead, contem­ plates as he turns the pages. Caes. VII, 387. 1229 Contemplation of death. Concerning the contemplation of death and the torments of temptation. Enx(M) #70; Lib. Ex. #176; Spec. Laic. #389; S.T.: J1262.8. — VP col. 860. 1230 Contemplation, worth of. A philosopher (Plotinus, Protinus, or Pyocinus) finds quiet contemplation more valuable than actual worship. Alpha #149. 1231 Contest in thieving. JdeV(Crane) #208; Wright #125. 1232 Continence. Hieronymus vs. Iovinianus. Pelbart #6. 1233 Contrition leads to forgiveness of sins. Pelbart #17. 1234 Contrition of sinful priest. A sinful priest shows great contrition at the end of his life, and in a vision seen by another brother, he joins six other deceased monks dressed in brilliant garments. Alpha #617; Caes. XI, 13; Recull #545. — Jacob’s Well #9. 1235 Conversion by crucified Christ. A man who does not want to do penance is converted when the crucified Christ appears to him. (See also: 998; 1179). EdeB #94; Pelbart #215. 1236 Conversion by hospitality. While on a trip because of his ill health, a chamberlain and former canon is converted after receiving hospitality m a monastery. Caes. I, 23. 1237 Conversion by kindness. A saint uses kind words with a pagan priest who has just struck a Christian; the pagan is converted by this gesture.

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Enx(G) #147; H458 #17, H651 #48; S.T.: J817, L350.2, V331.10.1 — VP col. 784. 1238 Conversion by phrase. A clerk, converted by hearing the phrase »et mortuus est,» becomes a Dominican. Alpha #513; EdeB #63; H84 #20, H98 #56, H435 #63; Recull #449. 1239 Conversion by tears. A monk is converted to a good Christian life while assisting another in the mass when the latter sheds many tears during the sermon. (See also: 47141T.). Caes. I, 24; cf. Caes. I. 31(note). 1240 Conversion by vision. Libri viii(Caes.) 11(20). 1241 Conversion through shame. A canon is converted because of the shame he feels for a theft he has committed. Caes. I, 29. 1242 Conversion through thoughts. A pagan woman is converted by thinking of her Maker. Gesta(M) #96; H261 #96. 1243 Conversions, life devoted, to. A monk, after seeing many visions, devotes his life to converting non-believers. Caes. V III, 13. 1244 Cook killed by knight. Otto mit dem Barte. — A cook kills a count’s son who reaches for a plate. The cook, in turn, is struck down by a knight. The emperor condemns the knight to death without hearing his defense but then withdraws condemnation and exiles the knight from court. Later the knight saves the king from assassination and is restored to favor. ML #48; Pauli #256. 1245 Cook replaced by angel. A knight is received by St. Francis into his order as a cook. One day he hears mass after mass in an ecstasy of devotion and afterwards finds that his kitchen work has been done by an angel. H628 #36. — Ward II p.675. 1246 Coriolanus. Gesta(I) #49; Gesta(O) #137; H I58 #18, H232 #23, H267 #74, H575 #22; Katona #137; Violier #115. — Crane, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 21.73; Krappe, »Sources of Sebastiano Erizzo’s ’Sei Giornate’», Mod.Phil. XIX #3(1922), p. 273; Val. Max. 5.4.1. 1247 Corn burned. A man who loses his year’s supply of corn when some­ one sets fire to it is more grieved for the man who committed the sin than for his own losses. Alpha #168; Recull #139. — Gregory, Dial. IV, 20. 1248 Corn in bride's face. A denunciation of auguries and superstitious observances, e.g., throwing corn in a bride’s face and crying, »Habundancia, habundancia.» H22 #185; JdeV(Crane) #265; Wright #121; S.T.: T136.2. 1249 Corn, poorest, to church. A man tries to defraud the church by putting all his poorest ears of corn into his tenth »shokke». H532 #49. 1250 Com, speculator in. A speculator in corn hangs himself after a succes­ sion of good harvests. H14 #102; JdeV(Crane) #164. 1251 Corporale stained. A corporate (chalice) stained with the sacrament cannot be cleansed until the doubt of a hermit is assuaged. Caes. IX, 22; cf. Caes. IX, 23; H362 #140, H367 #42. 1252 Corporale touched by pregnant nun becomes spotted with blood. (See also: 758, 1766, 2689). Alpha #214; Caes. IX 66; H363 #151, H368 #48; Recull #182.

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1253 Corpse, children watch. A man is devoted to children; after his death all the children in the town stand watch by his corpse. (See also: 2461). H630 #59. 1254 Corpse dragged from grave. A rich man’s body is dragged from the grave by demons and flung into a grave in unblessed ground. Enx(G) #344; S.T.: E411.0.5.1. — Gregory, Dial. IV, 53. 1255 Corpse flung on dunghill. A corpse is flung on a dunghill because money has been found on it. H122 #28, H571 #179; Lib. Ex. #18. — Gregory, Dial. IV, 55. 1256 Corpse half-black. A pious but lazy abbot appears after death to a brother. The upper part of his body is light, but the lower part is black. He is saved through prayer. Caes. XII, 31. 1257 Corpse half-burned. A dissolute woman dreams of hell fire, wakes, and sends for a priest. She has time to confess before she dies, and her corpse is found half-burned. (See also: 723). H565 #74. 1258 Corpse half inflames. A calumniator buried in church is heard to complain of his torment and is seen enveloped in flames from his waist up. Klapper, Erg. #27. 1259 Corpse in bag. An avaricious priest refuses to bury the mother of a young man without pay. The man carries the body in a bag to the priest’s house and offers it as a pledge on the pretense that it is filled with balls of thread. When the bag is opened, the bent legs give the priest a heavy blow; he buries the body. EdeB #445; #446 H498 #246; JdeV(Crane) #197; cf. M L #143; Pauli #598. 1260 Corpse, indestructible. The burial of the body of St. Eduard and the indestructible quality of his body. Spec. Laic. #96. 1261 Corpse of bishop honored. Monks, finding a bishop’s corpse incorrupt, honor it as a saint’s until they learn through a vision that he is in hell for simony. H312 #61. 1262 Corpse of monk carried off. A dead monk cries out. » 0 juste judex, juste judicasti,» while the psalms for the dead are being read over him. His corpse is carried off by devils. H472 #7. 1263 Corpse of Pallas. The uncorrupted body of Pallas, son of Evander, is found at Rome. Gesta(I) #99; Gesta(O) #158; H172 #60; Katona #158; Violier #129. 1264 Corpse of priest black. A parish priest desecrates his church; he falls dead while celebrating mass and his corpse turns black. (See also: 1056, 1804). H502 #303, H635 #108. 1265 Corpse of priest's harlot. A priest’s harlot dies and only priests’ har­ lots can lift her corpse. H379 #115, H501 #296, H635 #104; Pauli #190, #405. 1266 Corpse of priest stoned. The people stone the body of a sinful priest after his death and he falls into the pit of hell. Alpha #692; Caes. XII, 6; #587 #10; Pelbart #306; #307; Recull #612; Moser-Rath 244; S.T.: Q,223.

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1267 Corpse of sinner in church. (Var.) a.) A bishop dies when he does not remove the body of a sinful rich man from the church within thirty days. Another sinful man’s body is cast out of the church. Alpha #702; Enx(G) #292; Recull #621; S.T.: M341.1. — Gregory, Dial. IV, 54. b.) An evil sinner is buried in St. Peter’s church. The saint sends a warning to the bishop to remove the corpse. Before preaching, the bishop orders all excommunicated persons to leave the church; the corpse rises and leaves. Alpha #702; Enx(G) #292; H504 #15, H531 #48, H594 #137, H598 # 6 ; Recull #621; S.T.: M341.1. — Festial, p. 280 #68. 1268 Corpse of woman in monk's cell. A monk tempted by a woman brings her body to his cell after she dies and then asks himself if he still desires her. Alpha #132; Libriviii (Caes.) II (52); H463 #111, H501 #288, H520 #14, H530 #26; JdeV (Crane) #245; Recull #110; Seelentrost (German) 199, 11; Throst (Swed.) 290, 26; Trast (Dan.) 40, 6; S.T.: T334. — Jacob’s Well #61; VP cols. 744, 878. 1269 Corpse, own, to be attended. An abbot who has too severely punished a monk is told by St. Pastor that he ought to keep his mind on his own corpse rather than punish the body of another. Cf. H593 #129; Seelcntrost (German) 194, 14; Throst (Swed.) 284, 11. — VP col. 918. 1270 Corpse refused by earth. The earth refuses to receive the body of a disobedient monk. H567 #111. 1271 Corpse rolls over. A dying monk promises to make room for his favorite pupil in his grave. When the grave is opened, it is found to be too small for the pupil, but the body of the monk rolls over and makes a place. Aev. # 3 ; Enx(G) #122; #345; H516 #94; S.T.: M251.1, Q,147.1, V475. — Gregory', Dial. Ill, 23; 1272 Corpse, shooting at father's. Three (four) boys each claim to be the only son of a man who has just died. The youngest of them refuses to shoot at the father’s corpse and is judged to be the real son. [Var.: Told of sons of Alexander]. Aev. #87; Caes. V III, 2, 50; EdeB #160; Enx(G) #103; Gesta(I) #54, #103, #146; Gesta(M) #12, #42; Gesta(O) #45, #196c. #262; H66 #76, H176 #113, H191 #2, H206 #50, H231 #10, H239 #50, H245 #26, H254 ^42, H263 #10, #18, H444 #3, H529 #11, H563 #50, H608 #25, H652 #68, H684 #35, H719 # 1 ; Katona =45: Kiapper. Erz. #188: Kiapper. Ex. #96; ML ;=6: Nicole #51; Pauli =835; Pelbart =333; Wright #21; Aa-Th.: 920C; Moser-Rath 215; S.T.: H486J2, J2301. — Bom Judas HI. 364: (Houston. Pop. Tales I, 14: Crane, Mod. Phil. 10, p. 308: Crane, PncMjriT^izlJsK. 21, 65; A. de Cock, Vo.kssage. Vtiksgdoaf er. VoUagp *■ 1 (Antwerp, 19181. pp. I l l —115: Euph. LX 391; Ifcrrig, 22.175, 131.79; Jsk. 15, 56, 231; Kohler, XL Sdr. II. 562; ^rarce. ivamer. p. 28 = l~4 103 : Ktrrr. *7;— Schuss anf den toten -*s--~e~-g. ► Ocs. v ’. '. . c. nr .95c .1 ”: W. Stcchov*. -Shor-tmg a Fathers Corpse.* 37 (1955 . pp. 55—56: