Der Ritter im Hemde (>1300)
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Maere and Novellas
Der Ritter im Hemde (>1300)
von Keller, A.(ed.): Erzählungen aus altdeutschen Handschriften (=StLV 35). Stuttgart 1855. p. 674sq
RitHem-1:
A knight wears a fashionable garment which is open in the front and the back. When he dances with his lady love, it happens that his soaked shirt slips up and is shows his collar in the back. When his page tells him, he asks him to pull it down. The page takes the pants instead and pulls them down to his knees. The ladies laugh, but ask the knight to show the page mercy. Epimythion: He who goes out dancing should check his clothes first, so that the same thing doesn’t happen to him.
Motif References:
N 380 Other unlucky accidents
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