Az igazi humoristák: Cikkek a magyar nép humoráról

The collection of essays surveys popular humor across villages and cities, contrasting the naive, poetic wit of rural life with the sharper, ostentatious jests of urban streets. Through close reading of inscriptions, shop signs, chapel dedications, household epitaphs, and local anecdotes, the author catalogues regional sayings, comic misunderstandings, and inventive wordplay that reveal social habits and self-mockery. Vignettes and observations move between affectionate portraiture and mild satire, showing how architecture, customs, and everyday speech encode communal character and how laughter serves as a practical, human response to hardship and pride.