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FLEMISH PROVERB
ONE DUTCHMAN IS MADE OF TWO JEWS.
JEWS ARE BAD BUT THE DUTCH ARE WORSE
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICHIGAN
FROM BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTISEMITISM ; INSULT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
JEWISH BRIDES
INFORMANT WAS TOLD BY SOMEONE HE ONCE WORKED WITH
WHO INTENSELY DISLIKED JEWISH PEOPLE THAT "PART OF
THE JEWISH RELIGION" TEACHES THAT THE NIGHT BEFORE A
JEWISH GIRL MARRIES, SHE MUST HAVE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
WITH HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): ANTISEMITISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage First night, honeymoon, and day after wedding |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHRIST CAME BACK TO EARTH AND NOBODY RECOGNIZED HIM.
HE WAS WALKING AROUND AND HAPPENED TO STROLL INTO A
JEWISH SYNAGOGUE AND WAS TALKING TO THE RABBI. THE
RABBI LOOKED PECULIARILY AT HIM AND COMPLAINING OF
POOR EYESIGHT ASKED HIM TO MOVE BACK A FEW STEPS.
CHRIST DID. NOW AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH THERE WAS A
HUGE CROSS (ED. NOTE. WHAT A CROSS WAS DOING IN A
JEWISH SYNAGOGUE I DON'T KNOW. WHEN I QUESTIONED THE
TELLER HE SAID IT WAS JUST THE WAY THE JOKE WAS TOLD.)
AND WHEN THE RABBI HAD BACKED CHRIST TO IT, HE QUICKLY
PULLED OUT A HAMMER AND NAILS AND NAILED CHRIST TO THE
CROSS, SAYING "GOT YOU AGAIN, AND THIS TIME YOU WON'T
GET AWAY."
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; RODNEY
Keyword(s): ANTISEMITISM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 03-25-1965
CHRIST CAME BACK TO EARTH AND NOBODY RECOGNIZED HIM.
HE WAS WALKING AROUND AND HAPPENED TO STROLL INTO A
JEWISH SYNAGOGUE AND WAS TALKING TO THE RABBI. THE
RABBI LOOKED PECULIARILY AT HIM AND COMPLAINING OF
POOR EYESIGHT ASKED HIM TO MOVE BACK A FEW STEPS.
CHRIST DID. NOW AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH THERE WAS A
HUGE CROSS (ED. NOTE. WHAT A CROSS WAS DOING IN A
JEWISH SYNAGOGUE I DON'T KNOW. WHEN I QUESTIONED THE
TELLER HE SAID IT WAS JUST THE WAY THE JOKE WAS TOLD.)
AND WHEN THE RABBI HAD BACKED CHRIST TO IT, HE QUICKLY
PULLED OUT A HAMMER AND NAILS AND NAILED CHRIST TO THE
CROSS, SAYING "GOT YOU AGAIN, AND THIS TIME YOU WON'T
GET AWAY."
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; RODNEY
Keyword(s): ANTISEMITISM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 03-25-1965