[221.] Sottisier, Nr. 156.
[222.] Sottisier, Nr. 157.
Vgl. zu diesem Schwanke den folgenden, den J. F. Campbell in den Popular Tales of the West Highlands, II, S. 398 erzählt:
He (the Assynt man) once took his child to be baptized; the minister said he doubted if he were fit to hold the child for baptism.
»Oh, to be sure I am, thought it was as heavy as a stirk.«
This answer shewing little wit, the minister asked him how many commandments there were.
»Twenty,« he said boldly.
»Oh, that will never do; go back and learn your questions« (Shorter Catechism).
Half way home he met a man.
»How many commandments will there be? There must be thirty, for the minister was not content with twenty.«