The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

TWO MEN SNUCK INTO THE SULTAN'S HAREM ONE NIGHT. THEY
WERE CAUGHT THE NEXT MORNING IN THE HAREM GARDENS
PICKING FRUIT. THE KING HIMSELF GRABBED ONE OF THEM
WHO WAS PICKING HAZELNUTS. THE KING TOLD HIM FOR A
PUNISHMENT HE WAS GOING TO GET THE HAZELNUTS SHOVED
UP HIS NOSE AND THE SAME THING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
TO HIS FRIEND. THE MAN STARTED LAUGHING AND
LAUGHING. THE KING ASKED HIM WHAT WAS SO FUNNY
ABOUT THAT, AND HE SAID THAT HIS FRIEND WAS ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE GARDEN PICKING WATERMELONS.

Submitter comment: DR. DAMIN DOES NOT REMEMBER WHERE SHE HEARD THIS JOKE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 01-00-1964