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Tables of Contents for Folktales of Joha, Jewish Trickster
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
1
4
Introduction
5
12
Tamar Alexander
The Myth of Laughter
17
4
Joha and his family
21
14
``Joha laughed, the whole family laughed.''
Joha at school
35
10
``Learning makes you sweat blood.''
Joha and work
45
24
``Joha wanted to die in order to get enough sleep.''
Joha and the animals
69
16
``Don't die, donkey, until the new grass grows.''
Joha and the bride
85
16
``Don't look at the bride or the cloth by candlelight.''
Joha and his wife
101
28
``Joha remembered to kiss his wife only the day his mother died.''
Joha, son, and grandson
129
8
``Like father, like son! But what a grandson!''
Joha and the king
137
20
``I kill the king beneath my cloak.''
Joha and his neighborhood
157
16
``People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.''
Joha talks about himself
173
18
``Joha went to the baths and didn't stop talking about it for years!''
John and the God
191
16
``God created him, but He forgot to visit him.''
Joha and the law
207
26
``Don't blame the thief, blame the one who leaves the door open.''
Joha the glutton
233
24
``Once you start to eat, you won't stop.''
Joha in the hospital
257
10
``One is born with luck and good fortune, and another with a double hernia.''
Joha and death
267
12
``Joha died, but his fame endured.''
Narrators' Circle: ``The Ladies of Ladino''
279
3
Informants
282