Contents
The
Book Of Noodles:
Stories Of Simpletons; Or,
Fools And Their Follies.
By
W. A. Clouston,
Author of "Popular Tales and Fictions: their Migrations and
Transformations
"Excellent! Why, this is the best fooling when all
is done."-"-Twelfth Night."
London:
Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row.
1888.
Republished By
Gale Research Company, Book Tower, Detroit, 1969
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 67-24351
To My Dear Friend
David Ross, Ll.d., M.a., B.Sc.,
Principal Of The
Church Of Scotland Training College,
Glasgow,
This Collection Of FacetiÆ
Is Dedicated.
Preface
Contents.
Chapter I.
Ancient Grecian Noodles... 1-15
Chapter Ii.
Gothamite Drolleries:
Reputed communities of stupids in different countries--The noodles of Norfolk: their lords bond; the dog
and the honey; the fool and his sack of meal--Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham: Andrew Borde not the author--The two
Gothamites at Notts Bridge--The hedging of the cuckoo--How the men of Gotham paid their rents--The twelve fishers
and the courtier--The "Gúrú Paramartan"--The brothers of Bakki--Drowning the eel--The Gothamite and his
cheese--The trivet--The buzzard--The gossips at the alehouse--The cheese on the highway--The wasps
nest--Casting sheeps eyes--The devil in the meadow--The priest of Gotham--The "boiling" river--The
moon a green cheese--The "carles of Austwick"--The Wiltshire farmer and his pigs... 16-55
Chapter Iii.
Gothamite Drolleries (\"continued"):
The men of Schilda: the dark council-house; the mill-stone; the cat--Sinhalese noodles: the man
who observed Buddhas five precepts--The fool and the "Rámáyana"--The two Arabian noodles-- The alewife
and her hens--"Sorry he has gone to heaven"--The man of Hama and the man of Hums--"Bizarrures" of
the Sieur Gaulard--The rustic and the dog... 56-80
Chapter Iv.
Gothamite Drolleries (\"continued"):
The simpleton and the sharpers--The schoolmasters lady-love--The judge and the thieves--The calf s
head--The Kashmírí and his store of rice--The Turkish noodle: the kerchief; the caftan; the wolfs tail; the right
hand and the left; the stolen cheese; the moon in the well--The good dreams--Chinese noodles: the lady and her
husband; the stolen spade; the relic-hunter--Indian noodles: the fools and the mosquitoes; the fools and the
palm-trees; the servants and the trunks; taking care of the door; the fool and the aloes-wood; the fool and the
cotton; the cup lost in the sea; the fool and the thieves; the simpletons who ate the buffalo; the princess who was
made to grow; the washermans ass transformed; the foolish herdsman--Noodle-stories moralised--The brothers and
their heritage--Sowing roasted sesame... 81-120
Chapter V.
The Silly Son:
Simple Simon--The Norse booby--The Russian booby--The Japanese noodle--The Arabian idiot--The
English silly son--The Sinhalese noodle with the robbers--The Italian booby--The Arab simpleton and his cow--The
Russian fool and the birch-tree--The silly wife deceived by her husband--The Indian fool on the tree-branch--The
Indian monk who believed he was dead--The Florentine fool and the young men--The Indian silly son as a fisher; as a
messenger; killing a mosquito; as a pupil--The best of the family--The doctors apprentice... 121-170
Chapter Vi.
The Four Simple BrÁhmans:
Introduction
171
Story of the first Brahman
176
Story of the second Brahman
178
Story of the third Brahman
181
Story of the fourth Brahman
185
Conclusion
190
Chapter Vii.
The Three Great Noodles.. 191-218
Appendix.
Jack Of Dovers Quest Of The Fool Of All Fools...... 219
Index..... 225
Book Of Noodles:
Stories Of Simpletons; Or,
Fools And Their Follies.
By
W. A. Clouston,
Author of "Popular Tales and Fictions: their Migrations and
Transformations
"Excellent! Why, this is the best fooling when all
is done."-"-Twelfth Night."
London:
Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row.
1888.
Republished By
Gale Research Company, Book Tower, Detroit, 1969
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 67-24351
To My Dear Friend
David Ross, Ll.d., M.a., B.Sc.,
Principal Of The
Church Of Scotland Training College,
Glasgow,
This Collection Of FacetiÆ
Is Dedicated.
Preface
Contents.
Chapter I.
Ancient Grecian Noodles... 1-15
Chapter Ii.
Gothamite Drolleries:
Reputed communities of stupids in different countries--The noodles of Norfolk: their lords bond; the dog
and the honey; the fool and his sack of meal--Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham: Andrew Borde not the author--The two
Gothamites at Notts Bridge--The hedging of the cuckoo--How the men of Gotham paid their rents--The twelve fishers
and the courtier--The "Gúrú Paramartan"--The brothers of Bakki--Drowning the eel--The Gothamite and his
cheese--The trivet--The buzzard--The gossips at the alehouse--The cheese on the highway--The wasps
nest--Casting sheeps eyes--The devil in the meadow--The priest of Gotham--The "boiling" river--The
moon a green cheese--The "carles of Austwick"--The Wiltshire farmer and his pigs... 16-55
Chapter Iii.
Gothamite Drolleries (\"continued"):
The men of Schilda: the dark council-house; the mill-stone; the cat--Sinhalese noodles: the man
who observed Buddhas five precepts--The fool and the "Rámáyana"--The two Arabian noodles-- The alewife
and her hens--"Sorry he has gone to heaven"--The man of Hama and the man of Hums--"Bizarrures" of
the Sieur Gaulard--The rustic and the dog... 56-80
Chapter Iv.
Gothamite Drolleries (\"continued"):
The simpleton and the sharpers--The schoolmasters lady-love--The judge and the thieves--The calf s
head--The Kashmírí and his store of rice--The Turkish noodle: the kerchief; the caftan; the wolfs tail; the right
hand and the left; the stolen cheese; the moon in the well--The good dreams--Chinese noodles: the lady and her
husband; the stolen spade; the relic-hunter--Indian noodles: the fools and the mosquitoes; the fools and the
palm-trees; the servants and the trunks; taking care of the door; the fool and the aloes-wood; the fool and the
cotton; the cup lost in the sea; the fool and the thieves; the simpletons who ate the buffalo; the princess who was
made to grow; the washermans ass transformed; the foolish herdsman--Noodle-stories moralised--The brothers and
their heritage--Sowing roasted sesame... 81-120
Chapter V.
The Silly Son:
Simple Simon--The Norse booby--The Russian booby--The Japanese noodle--The Arabian idiot--The
English silly son--The Sinhalese noodle with the robbers--The Italian booby--The Arab simpleton and his cow--The
Russian fool and the birch-tree--The silly wife deceived by her husband--The Indian fool on the tree-branch--The
Indian monk who believed he was dead--The Florentine fool and the young men--The Indian silly son as a fisher; as a
messenger; killing a mosquito; as a pupil--The best of the family--The doctors apprentice... 121-170
Chapter Vi.
The Four Simple BrÁhmans:
Introduction
171
Story of the first Brahman
176
Story of the second Brahman
178
Story of the third Brahman
181
Story of the fourth Brahman
185
Conclusion
190
Chapter Vii.
The Three Great Noodles.. 191-218
Appendix.
Jack Of Dovers Quest Of The Fool Of All Fools...... 219
Index..... 225
