### Solomon's and Markalf's pleasantry
A popular book throughout Europe which was translated into Hungarian from the original German and printed (first in Kolozsvár in 1577). Apparently Markalf was the biblical king Solomon's court jester - or according to the folk tradition the jester of the Hungarian king Solomon, - who either annoyed or cheered the king up with his funny but sometimes vulgar jokes. Markalf's jokes and wisely eccentric sayings were often quoted similarly to the tales of Esopus. ÁP-SzJú